A member of Hillary Clinton/s staff at the Department of State emailed classified information about the government in Congo to a staffer at the Clinton Foundation in 2012, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Cheryl Mills, Clinton/s chief of staff at the State Department, sent the email to the Clinton Foundation’s foreign policy director, Amitabh Desai, on July 12, 2012.
The message, which was originally obtained by the group Citizens United through a public records request, is partially redacted because it includes “foreign government information†that has been classified as “Confidential†by the State Department.
Although the information was not marked classified by the State Department until this past summer, intelligence sources tell the Free Beacon that it would have been classified at the time Mills sent it because “foreign government information†is considered classified from inception.
The message could add to concerns from congressional and FBI investigators about whether former Secretary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information while at the State Department.
The email, which discussed the relationship between the governments in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, was originally drafted by Johnnie Carson, the State Department’s assistant secretary for African affairs, who sent it to Mills’ State Department email address.
Mills later forwarded the full message to Desai along with “talking points for Presient [sic] Clinton†shortly before Bill Clinton was scheduled to visit the region.
About half of the forwarded message was redacted due to its classified nature before the State Department released it to Citizens United last month. Although it is not clear what the redacted section includes, the State Department said in a court motion filed last week that it “concerns both foreign government information and critical aspects of U.S. foreign relations, including U.S. foreign activities carried out by officials of the U.S. Government.â€
The State Department added that the “disclosure of this information has the potential to damage and inject friction into our bilateral relationship with African countries whose cooperation is important to U.S. national security.â€
The Clinton Foundation and the State Department did not respond to request for comment about the email, or say whether Desai—a non-government employee who has worked at the foundation since 2007—would have been authorized to view “Confidential†information.
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REST AT http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-aide-shared-classified-information-with-foundation-email-shows/
McCarthy’s article implicating Obama is compelling.
I thought Obama was going to hang the Clintons out to dry, push Biden & Fauxahontas as Dem candidates, and become the new Foundation King by replacing the Clinton Foundation with his own.
After reading McCarthy’s article, I don’t see how Obama can bury Hillary.
Today the State Dept put out this “Johnny Republican Did It Too” article.
Question: Can Obama scuttle Hillary for Pres & the Clinton Foundation by just isolating the Sec State Hillary/Clinton Foundation pay-to-play scandal?
If FBI Comey handed down 2 indictment recommendations [1) classified emails and 2) Hillary’s pay-to-play operation, could Obama order Lynch to charge #2 without charging #1? Reason being #1 implicates Obama himself; #2 wouldn’t necessarily have to implicate Obama.