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By ELIZA COLLINS 04/01/16 05:47 PM EDT
Huma Abedin hasnt freshly read any of her email exchanges with Hillary Clinton that have been released by the State Department, but the longtime Clinton aide said it is "terrifying" to know that the messages are out there.
Its something I cant really think about, but I cant even imagine whats in those emails. But Im sure I would probably be mortified. I have no idea. I havent read any of them, Abedin, who served as one of Clinton's top aides at State, said in an interview with the podcast "Call Your Girlfriend."
The State Department publicly released thousands of emails from Clinton, including many messages to her aides, after it was discovered that she used a private email server during her four-year tenure as secretary of state. Clinton has said that, looking back, it wasn't the best decision, but that she did violate any rules or laws. The FBI is investigating the unusual server setup.
In the interview, Abedin was also asked about the infamous fax emails in which she is trying to coach Clinton through using a secure fax machine. Abedin said the exchange showed a little bit of her frustration because it wasnt working, and my frustration that she couldnt figure it out or whatever it was.
It wasnt unusual when secure faxes were coming through that we had some challenges, she said, adding that she didnt remember that specific moment until the email made the headlines.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/human-abedin-emails-hillary-clinton-221478#ixzz44cGT1fKE
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)I know she isn't but she sounds dumb.
(Well, she is Weiner's wife so maybe she is dumb.)
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Surely she's keeping up with the news. Why would she be mouthing off like "I Know Nuthing" to some website no one has heard of? She is Hillary's Constant Companion and is the Insider's Insider! She has gained many Perks working for Hillary through the years. That she hasn't read through the E-Mail Releases for how she could be implicated is astonishing!
Doesn't make sense....unless "something is afoot."
amborin
(16,631 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)How Huma Abedin Operated at the Center of the Clinton Universe
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger August 27, 2015
As Hillary Rodham Clinton was preparing for her farewell international trip as secretary of state, her close aide and confidante Huma Abedin e-mailed a small number of longtime political allies to help arrange an intimate get-together at a private club in Dublin.
Maybe we can all gather for drinks/dinner and HRC can come join for as long as she can? Abedin wrote.
The December 2012 event showcased the unique position that Abedin occupied at the apex of the Clintons public and private worlds during the final six months of Hillary Clintons tenure heading the State Department.
At the time, Abedin held four jobs with four different employers an arrangement allowed by a special government designation she held permitting outside employment. And each job had a connection to the Dublin dinner.
The invitation was sent from Abedins State Department account as Clinton planned for an official trip in her role as secretary. The dinner was attended by the chief executive of the private consulting firm Teneo, which has close ties to the Clintons and employed Abedin as an adviser. Seated around the tables were donors to Hillary Clintons campaigns as well as to the Clinton Foundation, where Abedin was a contractor preparing for Clintons eventual transition to the charity. And Clinton, who was also paying Abedin out of personal funds to prepare for her transition from secretary of state to private life, showed up for about an hour.
New interviews and documents, including the e-mails about the Ireland dinner, provide additional details about some of Abedins activities during those months and how her overlapping roles make it difficult to determine when she was working for the public and when her work was benefiting a private interest. Now, Abedins work during that time is becoming a central element in several controversies dogging Clintons presidential campaign.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-huma-abedin-operated-at-the-center-of-the-clinton-universe/2015/08/27/cd099eee-4b32-11e5-902f-39e9219e574b_story.html
karynnj
(59,504 posts)I know people who can manage many things at a time, but here it looks like the Abedins were trying to make up for Weiner losing his job as Congressman.
It is amazing that no one called her on the obvious conflicts of interest here.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)who struggle to find family or friends who will fill in when they get a week off, and have got to get back to work ASAP because the family needs all the income they can to just get by.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)But it isnt all bad, Abedin said. She had heard about a woman who decided to back Clinton after reading her emails because she felt she got to know her better through her personal writing. She saw what a warm, caring, thoughtful, determined person she was," Abedin said.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/human-abedin-emails-hillary-clinton-221478#ixzz44cGT1fKE
frylock
(34,825 posts)merbex
(3,123 posts)What's so weird is that I have actually heard her referred to in that way with no irony. Lots of people have not seen that movie.
senz
(11,945 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)These won't be good for Hillary or Huma.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)How bad can it be?
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I can only imagine what bad things she's said about her in those emails.
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)I'd be deeply worried. Huma's going to give up everything she knows.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)I'm not getting that from Huma.
840high
(17,196 posts)to protect - so who knows.
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320900/Newly-released-email-shows-aide-Huma-Abedin-warned-colleagues-Hillary-confused-needed-hand-holding-calls-foreign-leaders.html#ixzz44iGbBsk8
Is Hillary going prematurely senile?
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)it is one of the emails that were released by State
senz
(11,945 posts)I've wondered who would actually be running the country if, god forbid, she makes it to the WH.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)We are seriously falling out in separate studios. Okay, if you and Hillary had a
podcast like Call Your Girlfriend what would you talk about?
Huma: Okay, food. Food. Definitely food.
Ann: Oh my God.
Huma: Because were obsessed with food. Its a joke on the campaign. Whenever we
have a chance and its meal time, it is always and particularly were so lucky to
be able to be on an airplane where we have this wonderful woman who provides
us with as nutritious of meals as possible. But we are obsessed with food and we
look forward to it and what is it? And I want to know the menu. And then we
enjoy it. So we talk about food. We talk about fashion. And we sometimes well
often do celebrity gossip, although very often well be looking through pages and
say Who are these people? Were not sure. But theres plenty of people we
love. So we just you know, its fun, but I would say food is probably top of the
list. Maybe food and shoes? Maybe food and shoes.
Ann: Okay, I have to skip ahead because we have a question later in the rapid fire
which is what is your power snack? Which is the natural follow-up to that
question.
(30:05)
Huma: Okay, you know, its any power bar. You know, I did Kind. Im on Quest Bars
now really because its like . . .
Amina: Oh man, Quest Bar. Good bar.
Huma: Yeah, Quest Bar I think is my favorite. I like the cookies and cream I think
probably the most and sometimes like the double chocolate brownie. But I think
that its the easiest thing to throw it in my bag. And I think I mentioned this
earlier, sometimes you dont know when your next meal is, so its the safest thing
to pack.
Amina: Thats amazing. Whats your pump-up song?
Page 12 of 13
Huma
Page 12 of 13
Huma: You know what its been recently? Its Andra Days Rise Up. I just . . .
Amina: Ooh, good choice.
Huma: Oh God, I love her and her voice. I feel so empowered when I listen to that song.
Ann: Okay. Youve said that you love the show Veep.
Huma: Yes.
Ann: Do you identify with the Tony Hale character at all?
Huma: Okay, so what I love . . . [Laughs] So theres lots of shows that I love. The
problem is we hardly ever and I do love Veep. I watch everything. I watch
Veep. I watch Downton Abbey. I watch Scandal. I watch Good Wife. I watch . . .
I mean the list is long. Heres the problem: Im so behind on everything that now
if were traveling, Ill be at a hotel room in Iowa and Ill turn the TV on. Ill be
totally confused. Ill be like wait a minute. Wait, how did this happen? Kerry
Washingtons living in the White House? What? Because I completely lost track
of where we are where they are in the seasons.
Do I identify with the character? I identify with the whole show because I think to
me its the closest thing to what Washington is and its just sort of all the things
that people dont want to say they say on that show and its done in such a funny
way. But he is very, very funny and I dont know that I identify with him but he
certainly sets a very high standard for anybody who does that job.
Amina: Im so excited for you to catch up on Good Wife because for me, and when the
emails were leaked, when I found out that you all watched Good Wife, thats the
only thing I cared about.
Huma: That was in the emails?
Amina: This is the biggest revelation.
Ann: We got excited.
Amina: And I cant wait for you to catch up because its been a rollercoaster and its
ending in five episodes and its kind of crazy.
Huma: Oh my God, dont tell me what happens.
Amina: Oh, I wont tell you. Youre going to die. Its amazing.
840high
(17,196 posts)as her excuse for Nancy Reagen?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Who is that fucking stupid?
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)In any given email
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)But I can assure you there is nothing I'd be terrified of its becoming public. Pretty boring stuff, actually. I've always been very careful what I put in emails. They're not secure -- no matter what Hillary says.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)Don't send it in an email. Keep it professional.
dsc
(52,166 posts)on April first 2011.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Work exchanges.
dsc
(52,166 posts)I wouldn't want hundreds of millions of people reading them.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)I don't honestly know why a person of such high intelligence and passion could so thoughtlessly but herself in this situation.
I wonder if it makes voters question her judgment and ability to really serve the country with confidence and thoughtfulness.
Very careless, sloppy, and I see no benefit for all the effort that went into this server-in-the-basement way of doing official business.
What am I missing?
TM99
(8,352 posts)That's all.
Clinton is a classic narcissist. The rules that apply to us don't apply to her. It doesn't matter how intelligent or passionate she is. She is above the rules, above the laws, and will do what she wants to do.
Nothing really strange when you recognize and accept her for the narcissist that she is.
CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)I think you're right.
Maybe no harm was done, but harm done isn't the measure of a crime, or of negligence.
A drunk driver isn't punished only when there are damages or injury, they are punished for the carelessness and bad judgement that sets up dangerous conditions.
Nonetheless, for all she had going for her, she really didn't need to do this thing with emails, and her trail of excuses about convenience and other people did it is pathetic.
Thank God we have a strong alternative who has a chance of taking this from her.
TM99
(8,352 posts)a pathology.
Did Clinton have to lie about sniper fire? No.
Did Clinton have to lie about the Marines, the Rose law firm documents, who she was named after, etc. etc. etc.? No.
It is like trusting a highly venomous snake not to bite you.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)Lars39
(26,110 posts)Impedimentus
(898 posts)Looking forward to more reads.
FEEL THE BERN - 2016
Autumn
(45,120 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)(feeling a teeny bit guilty)
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)none of these should have seen the light for day for many, many years. But damn it, did somebody explain to her about this thing called FOIA?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)...and that's precisely why she had a personal server hidden from even Obama. Also likely why she didn't fill the IG spot at State for her four years there.
senz
(11,945 posts)Sometimes ... it's ... just ... mind boggling.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)But, shouldn't Obama have filled it for her? Why should departments choose their own IG's. Would seem the system of oversight there is broken. So, we assume Kerry appointed an IG for State and that is the person who is now trying to handle the E-Mail situation who got stuck with that job of going through Clinton's E-Mails.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)It does go to intent, though, perhaps. Intent to deceive.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)But there IS video of her shoving a voter and chewing her out. The woman had shaken Hillary's hand, and then moved as if she was going to hug Abedin. It was nasty.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)And, I don't recall Huma ever giving an interview and to give it to this website just doesn't seem appropriate. She gave it today, April 1 (From the link at Politico) Kind of an odd time to do a silly girly talk interview that doesn't fit with her sophisticated position with Hillary all these years. Or, maybe it was an April Fools Joke that Politico just fooled us with.
I remember seeing that video where she intervened with that woman like she was going to attack Hillary. They have been together for years... so I guess she acts as a bodyguard?
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Surely this person did not say this.
Oh wait, her life partner is who again?
Right, Weiner. Well then maybe so.....