Pure Corruption'

Newt Gingrich Friday said the news that a key Clinton Foundation donor and Chicago financier, Rajiv Fernando, on a board advising then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the use of tactical nuclear weapons is "even more significant" than a probe showing her private emails had details about drone strikes.

"He was appointed to the group, which has the most sensitive secrets because it looks at Pakistan, North Korea, Russia," the former House speaker told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" program. "Clinton, in effect, sold a seat on a nuclear weapons advisory group to a financier from Chicago who had no technical knowledge."

According to ABC News, which broke the story, the State Department has recently released emails showing that Chicago securities trader Fernando was included along with nuclear scientists, former cabinet secretaries, and Congressional lawmakers on the International Security Advisory Board, even though his specialty was in electronic investing. He also later traveled with former President Bill Clinton to Africa, the report said.

"It's very clear this is pure corruption," Gingrich said. "This was cash for a seat on a board. The guy wanted something prestigious. She thought 'what the heck, it has the biggest secrets I trust him, why don't you trust him?' The story that ABC has is pretty startling and the internal memos of the State Department in response to this are amazing in which all of the professionals are saying 'I don't know why he's on the board. He shouldn't be there.'"

More here