Emails Reveal How Chelsea Shaped Hillary’s State Department Policy

Published November 6, 2016 2:00pm ET



As more and more of Hillary Clinton’s emails come to light, previously obscure connections with and influences on Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state have also arisen. The latest batch of emails revealed one such case involving Clinton’s daughter Chelsea and, by extension, the Clinton Foundation.

In August 2012, during her stint as a reporter for NBC News, Chelsea did a two-part story from Kenya on elephants and the illegal trade in ivory. The issue apparently resonated with Chelsea, and on October 1 of that year, she emailed her mom about a National Geographic cover story, “Blood Ivory,” concerning wildlife poaching, elephants, and the global trade in ivory.

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