Emails: Clinton Foundation donor got high-level State Department appointment

Published June 10, 2016 2:06pm ET



New State Department emails indicate a top Clinton Foundation donor was awarded a spot on an elite intelligence committee, but was quickly stripped of his position after reporters asked about his qualifications for such a lofty appointment.

Rajiv Fernando, a Democratic donor who has given up to $5 million to the Clinton Foundation, was named to the International Security Advisory Board in 2011, when Hillary Clinton was serving as secretary of state.

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