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<\/a><\/p>\nNew emails released by Judicial Watch in connection with its probe of the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation indicate Clinton Foundation donors lobbied senior Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin for diplomatic passports.<\/p>\n
Abedin\u00a0responded positively<\/a>\u00a0to the donor inquiries, according to the email.<\/p>\n The donors in question include Doug Band and Justin Cooper. The email indicates that Band reached out to Abedin in 2009, when she served as deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of State, and asked for her help in obtaining diplomatic passports for him, Cooper, and a third individual identified only by their initials.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had them years ago but they lapsed and we didn\u2019t bother getting them,\u201d Band wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cOk will figure it out,\u201d Abedin replied.<\/p>\n Band was an aide to former President Bill Clinton before founding Teneo Holdings, a global advisory firm with extensive ties to the Clinton orbit.<\/p>\n Former President Clinton\u00a0was both a client of the firm and a paid consultant. Abedin served simultaneously at posts in the State Department and Teneo. Cooper was also an aide to former President Clinton.\u00a0(RELATED: Exclusive: State Department Won\u2019t Release Clinton Foundation Emails For 27 Months)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Band previously lobbied Department of State officials on behalf of\u00a0Gilbert Chagoury, another Clinton Foundation donor who was eventually denied entry to the U.S. due to possible connections to Hamas, the Palestinian terror group.<\/p>\n Diplomatic passports are a prized asset, as significant benefits accrue to their holders. They are almost exclusively issued to government employees representing the United States in an official capacity. The Department of State\u00a0requires applicants<\/a> to present their official orders when procuring such documents.<\/p>\n Individuals with diplomatic passports enjoy easy passage at international borders, access to special lines at airports, no tax liability on certain sources of income, and relaxed visa restrictions.<\/p>\n The Clinton campaign has not yet responded to inquiries regarding this story.<\/p>\n