Clinton Foundation pushed State Dept. on Bill Clinton speech in North Korea

Published August 16, 2016 4:01am ET



A Clinton Foundation official pushed Hillary Clinton’s State Department to approve a request for Bill Clinton to speak at a North Korean industrial complex accused of funding the country’s rogue nuclear program.

The invitation was facilitated by Tony Rodham, the brother of the Democratic nominee, who had entered now-defunct business partnerships with the Clinton bundler named as a “go-between” for the speech hosts and the secretary of state.

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