Bill Clinton asked State Dept. about paid speech to Iranian group

A Clinton Foundation staffer asked the State Department under Hillary Clinton if former President Bill Clinton could deliver a paid speech at a fundraiser for the National Iranian American Council.

Amitabh Desai, director of foreign policy at the Clinton Foundation, reached out to Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff and other top aides in June 2012 to ask if the U.S. government would “have any concerns” about the former president getting paid to speak to the Iranian advocacy group.