Chaffetz probes link between Clinton Foundation and State Department

Published August 25, 2016 8:01pm ET



Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, asked the State Department on Thursday for details of the relationships between Hillary Clinton’s State Department aides and employees at the Clinton Foundation.

The Utah Republican raised concerns that the overlap between Clinton’s diplomatic duties and the work of her family’s foundation could have violated ethics rules that bar federal employees from using their positions for “private gain.”

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