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Corrupt Cheryl Mills to Serve as Hillary's Chief of Staff

It's getting rough out there for Hillary Clinton operatives seeking employment at the Clinton State Department. Apparently, there aren't enough jobs to go around. However, at least one corrupt Clinton crony has evidently secured a top spot -- former Clinton White House lawyer Cheryl Mills.

According to Politico.com (web site):

Hillary Clinton's famously sharp-elbowed staffers are jockeying to land jobs with her at the State Department, but there's not enough room at Foggy Bottom for everyone who wants to work for her again...

..Sources familiar with the vetting process say Clinton is playing a role in the decisions and wants to keep some familiar faces around. 

Cheryl Mills, who served as Clinton's general counsel and played a major role in post-campaign operations, is likely to be named Clinton's chief of staff, sources tell Politico. Clinton campaign aides credit Mills with helping to "bring order" to the Clinton campaign last year.

Here's what Politico doesn't tell you. In addition to "bringing order" to Hillary's campaign, Cheryl Mills also negotiated on behalf of Bill Clinton in discussions with the Obama administration related to the former president's enormous conflicts of interest. The Obama team was reportedly concerned about Bill (and Hillary) Clinton's business dealings when considering Hillary Clinton for the position of Secretary of State. Obviously, Mills did her job as Hillary received the appointment.

Presumably, as Chief of Staff, Cheryl Mills ought to be raising red flags when Bill Clinton's business and foundation interests intersect with official State Department business. This brings up a key question: How can Cheryl Mills be trusted to keep tabs on Bill Clinton at the State Department when she served as his chief negotiator just a few months ago?

Mills' "double agent" status ought to make her ineligible to serve in this capacity. But there's more.

You may recall that Cheryl Mills was a key player in a scandal uncovered by Judicial Watch in 2000, often referred to as "Emailgate." (web site) During the course of its "Filegate" litigation against the Clinton White House, which pilfered the private FBI files of former Reagan and Bush staffers, Judicial Watch uncovered more than 1.8 million email communications the Clinton White House withheld from Judicial Watch, federal investigators and members of Congress.

In this case, as is typical for Washington, there was a cover-up to match the crime. When White House computer contractor (and JW client) Betty Lambuth discovered the email communications, high-level White House officials instructed her to keep her mouth shut about the hidden e-mail or face dismissal and jail time. They issued the same threat to other White House contractors aware of the hidden email. (This makes the Bush administration email scandal, however troubling, seem like tiddlywinks by comparison.)

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