Report: While At State Dept., Clinton Aide Negotiated With Abu Dhabi For NYU

Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, following her deposition before the panel investigating Benghazi. The committee was launched... Former Hillary Rodham Clinton aide Cheryl Mills speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, following her deposition before the panel investigating Benghazi. The committee was launched last year to investigate the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. The investigation has widened in recent months to focus on Clinton's use of a private email account and server. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) MORE LESS
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Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff while she was secretary of state, held her job with the State Department as she negotiated with Abu Dhabi officials for New York University, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Mills held both jobs for fourth months and worked with the officials to build a NYU campus there, according to the Post.

While the jobs overlapped, Mills was unpaid at the State department, serving as what the Post called “temporary expert-consultant” and worked part-time at NYU. She earned $198,000 from the university in 2009 and an additional $330,000 when she left the job later that year, according to the publication.

“Mills’s situation raises questions about how one of the State Department’s top employees set boundaries between her public role and a private job that involved work on a project funded by a foreign government. The arrangement appears to fall within federal ethics rules, but Republican lawmakers have accused Clinton of allowing potential conflicts of interest at the State Department,” the Post wrote.

Mills denied to the Post that there was any conflict in the position.

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