Judicial Watch releases 35 e-mails from Abedin about Clinton.
By Raif Karerat
Washington D.C.-based conservative “educational foundation” Judicial Watch released more than 35 pages of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin in which the latter states her boss is “often confused.”
The Abedin email material contains a January 26, 2013, email exchange with Clinton aide Monica Hanley regarding a meeting with the India prime minister at the time, Manmohan Singh:
Abedin: Have you been going over her calls with her? So she knows Singh is at 8?
Hanley: She was in bed for a nap by the time I heard that she had an 8am call. Will go over with her
Abedin: Very imp to do that. She’s often confused.
The documents were obtained by Judicial Watch on October 30, 2015, in response to a June 5 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the State Department.
“Huma Abedin’s description of Hillary Clinton as ‘easily confused’ tells you all you need to know why it took a federal lawsuit to get these government emails from Clinton’s illegal email server ,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “These emails also show that Hillary Clinton’s and Huma Abedin’s decision to use the Clinton email server to conduct government business was dangerous and risky.”
According to Judicial Watch, the Abedin correspondence also includes several instances in which the Clinton top aide attempted to obtain special treatment from the State Department for business associates and relatives.
In the first instance, Abedin allegedly worked with Teneo co-founder and Clinton Global Initiative official Doug Band to intercede on behalf of an individual seeking a visa.
Secondly, in a December 11, 2011, email, Saleha Abedin, who founded and serves as dean at Dar al-Hekma University for women in Saudi Arabia, sought the assistance of her daughter to help the president of her college, Dr. Suhair al Qurashi, attend a State Department “Women in Public Service” ceremony that included remarks by Hillary Clinton.