Federal ethics rules are crystal-clear: government employees “shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual.”  But that’s not how it worked in Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Bill Gertz of the Free Beacon has done us all a favor by combing through the emails recovered from Hillary Clinton’s server deletions, and revealing the way business really is done at the highest levels of Beltway Banditry when a Clinton wants something to happen.  The story he puts together demonstrates that Hillary “recommended” Chelsea’s “best friend” for government contracts to influence policy-making at the State Department and Defense Department.  It is well worth reading in its entirety, because it constitutes a portrait of the way business really is done. Clinton in 2009 arranged meetings between Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, a friend of Chelsea Clinton and head of the...(Read Full Post)