‘Unsolicited’: Emails Show Blumenthal Drafted Speech Hillary Gave In 2009
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State speaks during an event at the University of Miamis BankUnited Center on February 26, 2014 in Coral Gables, Florida. Clinton is reported to be mulling a second presidential run. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Far from providing just “unsolicited” advice to Hillary Clinton,Sidney Blumenthal appears to have authored a draftof at least one of the Democraticpresidential frontrunner’s speeches during hertime as secretary of state at her behest.
Blumenthal has drawn controversy for the stream of emails hesent to Clinton during her time as secretary of state, especiallythose providing supposed intelligence on Libya. After serving as anadviser during Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign,Blumenthal was barred by the Obama administration from working withClinton when she was confirmed as secretary of state.
But, according to new emails released by the State Department,Blumenthal sent a draft of a speech to Clinton and her chief ofstaff Cheryl Mills on July 9, 2009.