New Hillary Clinton emails released from the State Department suggest that top aide Huma Abedin complained about her pay despite making more in total salary that President Obama.
In fact, an email from a State worker suggested that her complaints became a joke, according to the Clinton watchdog group and critic America Rising. One email cited by the Weekly Standard included this line: “To quote Huma, I don’t get paid enough.”
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The email report does not provide any context for the quote.
According to other reports, Abedin earned nearly $500,000, from a State salary and other outside jobs.
Abedin is married to disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner.
The America Rising report is below:
Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Was Paid More Than POTUS & Was Complaining About It
As the Washington Post reported last week, top Clinton confidante Huma Abedin was simultaneously receiving compensation from four separate pots of money:
1. State Department
2. Teneo Holdings
3. Clinton Foundation
4. Hillary Clinton’s personal funds
Of these four, we know that from Teneo and the State Department, Abedin was earning AT LEAST $490,000.
But Abedin’s outside clients included Teneo, an international strategic consulting firm co-founded by former Bill Clinton right-hand man Doug Band. She reportedly raked in $355,000 as a consultant to Teneo, while simultaneously pocketing $135,000 in government pay.
Overlooking for a moment all of the ethical problems that arise from Abedin’s “special government employee” status that allowed her to consult for Teneo while working for the State Department, we now know that Abedin was complaining about her pay, even though she was earning more than the President of the United States, who earns an annual salary of $400,000.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
