Ken Berwitz
HillaryRodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer tomaintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, accordingto an official from Clinton\’s presidential campaign.
Theunusual arrangement helped Clinton retain personal control over the system thatshe used for her public and private duties and that has emerged as an issue forher campaign. But, according to the campaign official, it also ensured thattaxpayer dollars were not spent on a private server that was shared by Clinton,her husband and their daughter as well as aides to the former president.
ThatState Department staffer, Bryan Pagliano, told a congressional committee thisweek that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incriminationinstead of testifying about the setup.
Theprivate employment of Pagliano provides a new example of the ways that Clinton – who occupied a unique role as a Cabinet secretary who was also a former andpotentially future presidential candidate – hired staff to work simultaneouslyfor her in public and private capacities.
HumaAbedin, a close confidant who served as deputy chief of staff, also spent timeworking for the State Department, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clintonpersonally.
