Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department

[applegrove]

Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department

By Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Carol D. Leonnig at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-clinton-aide-accused-of-receiving-overpayments-at-state-department/2015/07/31/978d622a-3794-11e5-9739-170df8af8eb9_story.html

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State Department investigators concluded this year that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department.

The finding — which Abedin has formally contested — emerged publicly Friday after Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to Secretary of State John F. Kerry and others seeking more information about an investigation into possible “criminal” conduct by Abedin concerning her pay.


The letters also sought the status of an inquiry into whether Abedin had violated conflict-of-interest laws related to her special employment situation, which allowed her to work simultaneously for the State Department, the Clinton Foundation and a private firm with close ties to the Clintons.

The finding that Abedin, a longtime Clinton confidante who now serves as vice chairwoman of her presidential campaign, had improperly collected taxpayer money could prove damaging to Clinton’s candidacy, as Republicans charge that government rules were routinely bent to benefit Clinton and her aides.


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[leftofcool]

1. Senator Grassely. I think I am going with a yawn on this one.

[applegrove]

2. I agree. But I'm hoping we can get all the crap out early.

[Luminous Animal]

10. As a Bernie supporter, me too.

[dsc]

3. Go ahead and try to persecute a woman who worked on her maternity leave

I am sure that will delight women voters. As to the notion that Hillary's server would have gotten in the way, that strikes me as not accurate as Abedin would have used her work email meaning that both sides of the conversation were on government servers.

[KT2000]

4. GOP is not shy about

prosecuting Democratic officials even when there is nothing there. I still wonder why a president and VP were not prosecuted for going to war based on lies.

[delrem]

5. This breaking story is filed by Tom Hamburger and colleagues.

Will I earn a "hide" for laughing at a "Hamburger" joke?

c'mon, will I? will I?

[Frustratedlady]

7. And Huma is married to Wiener.

Pass the mustard.

[delrem]

8. Oh lord! That's quite some happy meal.

burp. sorry, I feel so guilty that I enjoyed it.

In the afterglow I reminisce. I imagine that regardless of the fact that pics of Anthony Weiner tumescent in his panties are out on the internet, he didn't really do anything *wrong*, considering that all interested parties were adults.

Deeper: this is why I don't like NSA powers to indiscriminately sweep *everything*, and collate it *every way*, so the information can be used in *any way* by an ultra secret elite. Why should I trust the fuckers to not do it to get me, for whatever arbitrary a reason.

[Aerows]

9. Quit hogging the mustard!

[Metric System]

6. Republicans are not shy to use their current position of power to play politics.

[msanthrope]

11. Yawn. nt