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As evidenced from her recently released emails, it appears that then Secretary Hillary Clinton gave a private company special access to the State Department based upon the company’s relationships with Secretary Clinton’s family members and donors to the Clinton Foundation…The ethics rules simply do not permit government employees to give this type of preferential treatment. We write today to request a full investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding these apparently unethical communications and a determination of whether any laws were violated.
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F.A.C.T. Request to Investigate Special Access to the State Department
As evidenced from her recently released emails, it appears that then Secretary Hillary Clinton gave a private company special access to the State Department based upon the company’s relationships with Secretary Clinton’s family members and donors to the Clinton Foundation…The ethics rules simply do not permit government employees to give this type of preferential treatment. We write today to request a full investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding these apparently unethical communications and a determination of whether any laws were violated.
As evidenced from her recently released emails, it appears that then Secretary Hillary Clinton gave a private company special access to the State Department based upon the company’s relationships with Secretary Clinton’s family members and donors to the Clinton Foundation…The ethics rules simply do not permit government employees to give this type of preferential treatment. We write today to request a full investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding these apparently unethical communications and a determination of whether any laws were violated.
FOUNDATION FOR
I ACCOUNTABILITY
‘AND CIVIC TRUST
December 11,2015
Director Walter M. Shaub, Jr.
US. Office of Government Ethics
1201 New York Avenue, NW.
Suite 500
‘Washington, DC 2000
Re; Request to Investigate Special Access tothe State Department
Dear Director Shaub:
‘The Foundation for Accountability and Civie Trust (FACT) is @ nonprofit organization dedicated
to promoting accountability, ethics, and transparency in government and civic arenas. We achieve
this mission by hanging slanten over public officials who put ther own interests over th interests
of the public good. As evidenced from her recently released emails, it appears that then Secretary
Uillary Clinton gave a private company special access to the State Department based upon the
company’s relationships with Secretary Clinton's family members and danors to the Clinton
Foundation. See Stephen Braun, Clinton Intervened for Firm afier Request to Son-In-Law,
Associated Press, December 8, 2015 (attached as Exhibit A and Era attached as Exhibit B). The
ethics rules simply do not permit government employees to give this type of preferential treatment.
We write today to request a fll investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding these
spparent unethical communications and a determination of whether any laws were violated,
‘According to news reports, Secretary Clinton's recently released emails indicate that Neptune
‘Materials, In. obtained special access tothe State Department. /d. The special acces stems from
‘an August 2012 email fom Harry Siklas an investor in Neptune Materials, to Secretaty Clinton's
son-in-law, Mare Mezvinsky. fd. Siklas asked if either Mezvinsky or Chelsea Clinton could
provide him with “a contact in Hillary’ office” to discuss curent mining laws and regulations,
‘ut also indicated a desire to discus the issues directly with Secretary Clinton. Id.
Further, in addition to his request, Siklas also specifically pointed out Neptune Material's
relationship with Goldman Sachs. Siklas was not only an investor in Neptune Materials, but was
also an employee of Gokdman Sachs, of which Neptune Materials was a client. Id. This
information may have been relevant because of certain financial ties—Goléman Sachs's members
had donated to Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign, and Goldman Sachs
Ina directly donated tothe Clinton Foundation. fd
Ultimately, Secretary Clinton obtained a copy of the email, and then acted on the request by
directing her Deputy Secretary of State to follow-up on it. Id. Ethics rules requie that @
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‘government employee “shall act impartially an shall not give preferential treatment to any private
{individual or organization” when performing government duties. Code of Ethics, US. Office of
Govt Ethic. Further, government employees are prohibited from using their office for private
‘in or giving preferential treatment to others, including friends, relatives, nonprofit organizations
‘with which the employee is afilited, and other people with whom the employee hes or seeks
‘business relationship. 5 C.F.R. § 2635.702. This rule probibits « government employee from
acting to benefit someone based on personal and business relationships.
Contrary to these rules, these emails indicate that not only did Neptune Materials seek special
Aaceess f0 the State Department based upon relationships with Secretary Clinton's daughter and
son-in-law, but it also raised its relationship 1o Goldman Sachs—an entity that is @ Clinion
Foundation donor and members of which donated to Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
‘Unfortunately, it appears that these relationships led to access not available tothe general public,
and a violation ofthe ethics rules. We request a full investigation into these communications and
1 determination of whether any laws were broken
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew G. Whitaker
Executive Director, Foundation for Accountability & Civie Trust,
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UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No, F:201420430 Doe No, CO6706153 Date: 1/9/2015