Clinton aides fast-tracked top-secret clearance for donor

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Hillary Clinton’s State Department aides seemingly rushed a top secret security clearance for a Democratic donor in order to place him in a government position for which he was not qualified.

Rajiv Fernando, a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and a top bundler for President Obama’s campaigns, landed a high-level appointment to the International Security Advisory Board in 2011, only to resign amid scrutiny of his credentials four days after a reporter began asking questions.

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