Grassley raises legal questions about top Clinton aide work arrangement

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, raised questions Monday about why a top aide to Hillary Clinton was permitted to hold a special employment waiver far longer than federal law permits.

Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton confidante, served as a full-time State Department staffer from the time Clinton entered office in January 2009 until June 2012, when she was granted a “special government employee” designation that allowed her to start collecting paychecks from the Clinton Foundation and a controversial consulting firm called Teneo Strategies while retaining her government position.