Above and beyond of the tens of thousands of incriminating emails already discovered last year, a new batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails reveal a more extensive abuse of classified information – along with more evidence that she gave donors favors for their generous contributions to the Clinton Foundation.

The government watchdog group Judicial Watch’s lawsuit has released a new batch of Clinton’s emails – communications that reveal more proof that Clinton Foundation donors consistently received special favors from her staff, and that her top aide, Huma Abedin, routinely sent information that was classified through a non-secure email account.

Repeat offender

In the 1,606 pages of U.S. Department of State documents, it was discovered that the unsecured communications were repeated time and time again.

“The documents, containing emails from the unsecure, non-government account of Huma Abedin – Clinton’s then-deputy chief of staff – also show Clinton or her staff expressing interest in visiting Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and North Korean dictator Kim Jung II,” Judicial Watch announced in a press release. “The documents included 91 Clinton email exchanges not previously turned over to the State Department, bringing the known total to date to at least 530 emails that were not part of the 55,000 pages of emails that Clinton turned over to the State Department, and further contradicting a statement by Clinton that, ‘as far as she knew,’ all of her government emails had been turned over to the State Department.”

Judicial Watch was able to access the documents as a result of a May 5, 2015, court order that was made months after the State Department refused to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that sought: “All emails of official State Department business received or sent by former Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin from January 1, 2009 through February 1, 2013 using a non-‘state.gov’ email address.”

The watchdog organization says the discovery of new emails goes to prove that the probe into the Clinton email scandal must go on.

“Pay to play, classified information mishandling, influence peddling, cover ups – these new emails show why the criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s conduct must be resumed,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton asserted. “The Trump Justice Department and FBI need to reassure the American people they have finally stopped providing political protection to Hillary Clinton.”

Classified … or not

A sample of classified information sent to every corner of the planet was provided – representing just the tip of the iceberg – was provided by Judicial Watch:

On March 12, 2009 – Sid Blumenthal, former aide to Bill Clinton and confidant of Hillary Clinton – sent Mrs. Clinton a memo about Northern Ireland that was classified CONFIDENTIAL and the details were withheld from release under FOIA Exemption B1.4(D) (dealing with foreign relations or foreign activities).





On February 27, 2009, Ambassador Melanne Verveer sent Clinton a briefing memo/email on discussions she held with Congolese officials, which was classified as CONFIDENTIAL and withheld under FOIA exemption B1.4(D).





On January 22, 2010, Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan sent an email about a call to Chinese Foreign Minister Yang to several State Department officials. It contained information classified as CONFIDENTIAL by State and exempted under FOIA Exemption B1.4(D). It was forwarded to Abedin’s unsecure email account. The email had an attached memorandum of the Clinton-Yang call. State Department official Courtney Beale subsequently tells Assistant Secretary Todd Stern that she had sent that memo previously to him on the “high side” [i.e., via secure email channels].





On August 20, 2010, State Department official Laura Lucas sent to Abedin’s unclassified email account a call sheet for Clinton with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos, which contained classified CONFIDENTIAL information that was withheld based on B1.4(D).

Expensive favors …

Numerous favors granted by the Clinton Foundation to major donors were also divulged via the newly discovered emails:

Howard Buffett, Jr., grandson of Warren Buffet, sought a meeting for his father, Howard Sr., with Hillary Clinton to discuss “food security.” The Buffett family, including Warren, his son Peter, and his late wife, Susan, through the Susan Buffett Foundation, all donated heavily to the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation. On behalf of Howard Buffett Jr., Bill Clinton aide Ben Schwerin asked Abedin to get Howard Buffett Sr. a meeting with Clinton. He says, “Any chance of a brief meeting?” Abedin replies, “we will take care of this.”





April 12, 2009, Miguel Lausell, a Puerto Rican telecom executive who reportedly donated $1 million to the Clinton Presidential Library and was a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, made a request of Abedin through Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band to push for the appointment of someone to become U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Lausell concludes: “I will be in D.C. from the 7th to the 9th and would like, if possible, to say hello to Hillary. Please let me know. It would be just a short visit and not to ask anything from her. Just hello.” The next day, April 13, Clinton aide Nora Toiv passed Lausell’s message to Clinton special assistant Lauren Jiloty and Rob [last name unknown] to “make sure there is a response.”





On April 3, 2009, Kelly Craighead, who at the time was Managing Director of Democracy Alliance, a controversial Left-wing fundraising organization, emailed Abedin and Capricia Marshall, former Executive Director of HillPAC and Friends of Hillary, asking them to “reach out” to someone who was an “extremely loyal supporter” and was waiting to hear about a senior position at the State Department. Marshall responds to Craighead, saying the person was “on everyone’s list/grid” and directed her aides to follow up.

Courting trouble?

Included in the latest addition to the ongoing Clinton email scandal are communications showing the former secretary of state cozying up to notorious world dictators.

On April 18, 2009, Abedin told Senior Advisor Philippe Reines that Clinton had “an encounter” with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, who “complimented wjc [Bill Clinton], said he hoped she would come to Venezuela, she said she hoped so, too.” Reines expressed concern, saying “Was the encounter on camera or widely seen?” Abedin responds: “Seen by a dozen people. A photog came in and took a photo at the end.” Reines replies, “Who went up to whom?”





Veteran diplomat Wendy Sherman sent a message to State officials on February 6, 2009, advising them to send a message to North Korean dictator Kim Jung Il that Hillary Clinton “looks forward to the day when enough progress is made that she can come to NK, as well.”





[This and the following] email reveal more instances of Tony Rodham seeking to leverage his influence as Clinton’s brother: On January 29, 2010, Confidential Assistant Monica Hanley forwarded to Abedin a request from Tony Rodham, on three issues. One involved help on a “green card renewal,” another involved a visit by someone of which Abedin said they “wanted to regret,” and a third involved a job for someone whose CV Rodham forwarded to State. It appears that Tony Rodham was seeking to help someone caught up in a criminal case involving Micheil Saakashvili, the then-president of the Republic of Georgia. The Rodham friend was having difficulty getting a green card due to his arrest, which he said was political retribution by Saakashvili. Abedin told Hanley to tell him the request “has been passed to DHS.”





On March 18, 2010, Rodham sent Hanley the resume of someone looking for a job. Monica passed to Abedin, asking: “Do you want me to call [Redacted] or pass along to WHL [White House Liaison]?” Abedin replies: “Call and find out interests.”

The recently revealed pay to play emails are an addition to others that were discovered last month.

“[A]mong 2,078 pages of newly obtained State Department documents were emails showing Abedin doing favors for a Russia-connected group on behalf of the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state,” WND reported. “In one email exchange, Abedin tells Clinton Foundation Director Doug Band that she has ‘hooked up’ people from the Russian American Foundation with ‘the right people’ at the State Department.”

More wealthy friends

Several years ago, it was pointed out that the Clintons’ close acquaintance, Craighead, managed to give political leverage to those who opened up their pocketbooks.

“Years after Kelly Craighead spent the night camping out with the Clintons, she found herself rubbing elbows with the Democratic Party’s wealthiest patrons at Washington D.C.’s ritzy Mandarin Oriental Hotel,” the Washington Free Beacon reported in September 2012. “Craighead is the president and managing director of the exclusive, invitation-only Democracy Alliance – a clearinghouse that connects liberal billionaires to a select group of endorsed organizations, such as the Center for American Progress and the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA, without threat of disclosure.”

John Samples, a campaign finance expert, explained how easy it was for such pay-to-play dealings to be concealed.

"This helps the donors dodge disclosure laws, and grants them anonymity," Samples told the Free Beacon in July 2012. "By giving to a group like Democracy Alliance, it reduces your risk in an election year if your company may have business with the government and doesn’t want to lose that under a potential Romney administration."

Craighead was as close to the former Democratic presidential nominee as Abedin was – if not closer.

”She served as a top aide to former First Lady Hillary Clinton and later worked for her U.S. Senate campaign,” the Free Beacon’s Bill Morris noted. “The Secretary of State even presided over her wedding to Erick Mullen, a top aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).”

And she also had close connections with the Obama administration during former President Barack Obama’s earlier White House run – not to mention ties with a number of other Democratic leaders and progressive businessmen.

“She helped spearhead the campaign to bring Democratic Super PACs into the Alliance just months after she attended a luncheon at the home of Julianna Smoot, a deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama, in 2010,” Morris pointed out. “Several Obama surrogates have since lobbied on behalf of the Obama campaign at Alliance fundraisers, including Vice President Joe Biden. Bill Clinton appeared before the Alliance … to raise money for the campaign, and drew a $1 million pledge from hedge fund billionaire George Soros.”

Just like Clinton, scandals have spotted Craighead’s political career.

“Craighead is no stranger to shadowy political groups or fundraising practices,” Morris insisted. “She found herself entangled in a federal investigation during Hillary Clinton’s 2000 run for a Senate seat in New York. Federal authorities later indicted Clinton financial director David Rosen for lying about the campaign’s fundraising costs. Rosen allegedly doctored records to hide $800,000 in costs in connection to a $1.2 million celebrity gala – a move designed to free up cash for the campaign. A prosecution witness testified that Craighead knew Rosen manipulated the costs, and did nothing to correct the cover-up.”