A top aide to Hillary Clinton discussed sensitive travel plans on her personal email account, according to new records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Huma Abedin, Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff and present campaign staffer, made plans for Clinton and her aides from the account she had set up on Clinton’s private email server, documents obtained by conservative nonprofit Judicial Watch show.
For example, Abedin emailed colleagues that she was “on a packed train” but offered to discuss the details of a trip to Russia on a call.
Another email shows Abedin used her private account to select a hotel for Clinton on an upcoming trip to Hanoi.
Other records indicate Abedin, like others in Clinton’s email network, sent potentially sensitive information using the private server.
In one instance, Abedin and other staff members discussed whether to accept an invitation to meet with the Iraqi foreign minister.
Abedin oversaw minute details of Clinton’s travel and work schedule, including what foods the secretary would eat during her flights and whether she would sign a postcard to be put on display at a Smithsonian museum.
“These emails Judicial Watch forced out through a federal lawsuit show that Huma Abedin used her separate clintonemail.com account to conduct the most sensitive government business, endangering not only her safety but the safety of Hillary Clinton and countless others,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch.
“And why would Ms. Abedin and Mrs. Clinton use this unsecure system to discuss foreign affairs and sensitive matters such as the Syria conflict?” Fitton added.
Clinton admitted in a sworn declaration filed Aug. 8 that Abedin used a personal email account on the private server she had reportedly set up in her Chappaqua home.
The State Department sent a letter to Abedin earlier this year requesting copies of work-related emails from her private account.
