More on the Clinton Foundation front.

New reports reveal that Hillary Clinton's chief aide at the State Department simultaneously "volunteered" for the Clinton Foundation.

Washington Examiner reports that despite Cheryl Mills being on the federal payroll at the SD, she spent some of that time working with the Clinton Foundation. The Examiner provides details: 

Cheryl Mills, a longtime Clinton aide whose relationship with the family reaches back decades, hopped on an Amtrak train from Washington, D.C., to New York on June 19, 2012, an unnamed source told CNN, in order to interview two high-level business executives under consideration to lead the foundation.

The purpose of the trip has been shrouded in mystery to date, despite questions from Congress. A January 2016 letter on the topic sent to Secretary of State John Kerry by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Chairman, went unanswered.

Mills maintains that her time spent working for the foundation constituted volunteer work. Federal statutes prohibit employees from working for private organizations while on the federal payroll, considered a misuse of public funds.

Asked about the trip, the State Department said in a statement that it should be considered ethical so long as Mills maintains it was purely volunteer work.

Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon echoed the State Department. "Cheryl volunteered her personal time to a charitable organization, as she has to other charities," Fallon said. "Cheryl paid for her travel to New York City personally, and it was crystal clear to all involved that this had nothing to do with her official duties. The idea that this poses a conflict of interest is absurd."

It seems doubtful, however that chief aide of the Secretary of State would have had free time "volunteer" her services to "charity" -- especially given that the "charity" is the Clinton Foundation.