Huma Abedin, who is standing by husband Anthony Weiner despite him being the butt of late-night jokes, is being thrust under a different spotlight.
Abedin is facing her own troubles — less salacious than her husband’s, but potentially more severe, according to a new report by Fox News.
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On June 13, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote her and Secretary of State John Kerry asking why Abedin, the deputy chief of staff at the State Department under former Secretary Hillary Clinton, was granted status as a “special government employee” after the birth of her son.
That title allowed her to work from home as a part-time consultant to State, earning $135,000 as a government employee — while also earning $355,000 as a consultant for Teneo, where former President Bill Clinton is a board member.
Grassley wants to know who authorized Abedin’s change in status, what effect that change had on her security clearances, and whether the department interacted with the companies with which Abedin consulted.
According to Craig Holman of the government ethics watchdog group Public Citizen, Abedin’s status raises serious questions, Fox News reported.
“If this story pans out that Huma actually had access to inside information while serving as a government official but at the same time serving as a strategic consultant to a firm that actively trades in the stock market, this could be quite a problem, ” he said.
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