Clinton aide Abedin to testify before Benghazi panel Friday

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The Hill:

Hillary Clinton's longtime aide, Huma Abedin, will testify Friday before the House Select Committee investigating the Benghazi terror attacks, according to multiple reports.

 

Abedin's testimony comes shortly before former Secretary of State Clinton herself will testify on Oct. 22 and as the controversy over the House GOP's Benghazi probe intensifies.

 

A committee source told CNN that Abedin will not undergo a full deposition and would be interviewed behind closed doors by committee staffers.

Abedin is vice chairwoman for Clinton's 2016 presidential bid and previously served as her deputy chief of staff at the State Department.

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Abedin flouted financial disclosure requirements; Hillary approved her sweetheart deal anyway
Paul Mirengoff
October 17, 2015

We’ve written before about Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s protege and trusted adviser. In 2012, Abedin, then Clinton’s deputy chief-of-staff, received a sweetheart deal from the State Department whereby she became a special government employee (SGE). As such, she could double-dip — working as a consultant to outside clients while continuing as a top adviser at State.

 

Abedin took advantage of this arrangement to work as a consultant for clients such as Teneo, a strategic consulting firm co-founded by former Bill Clinton counselor Doug Band. According to Fox News, Abedin earned $355,000 as a consultant to Teneo, in addition to her $135,000 SGE compensation. The New York Times says “it is not clear how much Ms. Abedin was paid by Mrs. Clinton privately, or from the Clinton Foundation and Teneo.”

 

Teneo describes its activities as providing “the leaders of the world’s most respected companies, nonprofit institutions and governments with a full suite of advisory solutions.” In this post, we discussed some, though not all, of the potential conflict of interest problems raised by Abedin’s dual employment. Politico and the New York Times have also taken up the subject.

 

Now, documents obtained by the invaluable Judicial Watch from the State Department (via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit) show that Abedin shouldn’t have been approved as a special government employee. The documents include an email from the agency’s top financial disclosure official revealing that Abedin failed to produce important financial transaction records of her husband, former Rep. Anthony Weiner (yes, that guy), as required by law before obtaining her position as a SGE.

 

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