Double-Dipping Hillary Aide Helped Arrange NYU Commencement Speech

In a follow-up to her recent story detailing how Cheryl Mills simultaneously served as State Department Chief of Staff and General Counsel of New York University, Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon today reports that Mills helped arrange to have Hillary Clinton be the speaker at the 2009 NYU commencement.

The information about Mills’ role in the commencement speech was contained in emails released last week by the State Department. From the article:

“The NY University emails to Cheryl Mills show a textbook example of a conflict of interest. The fact that a wealthy institution was paying Secretary Clinton’s chief of staff while seeking—and getting—access and special favors speaks for itself,” said Ken Boehm, chairman of the public ethics group The National Legal and Policy Center.

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