Washington Post's Anti-Clinton Fog Machine Continues To Create "Appearances"

Intrepid reporter- of- all- transgressions- Clinton Rosalind S. Helderman has the latest breath-bating scoop at the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle (our emphases):

For the four years that Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state, her longtime friend and adviser Cheryl D. Mills served next to her as chief of staff. Clinton has said Mills helped her run the State Department’s sprawling bureaucracy; oversaw key priorities such as food safety, global health policy and LGBT rights; and acted as “my principal liaison to the White House on sensitive matters.”

During her first four months at the State Department, Mills also held another high-profile job: She worked part time at New York University, negotiating with officials in Abu Dhabi to build a campus in that Persian Gulf city.

Ooo!  This sounds juicy!  Dish (in the very next sentence):

At the State Department, she was unpaid in those first months, officially designated as a temporary expert-consultant — a status that allowed her to continue to collect outside income while serving as chief of staff.

Hmmm. That sounds a little less juicy.  What else you got?

... The arrangement appears to fall within federal ethics rules,...

Oh, "fall within federal ethics rules."  So, why is this a front page story (other than the paper's well-documented effort to undermine Hillary Clinton)?

... but Republican lawmakers have accused Clinton of allowing potential conflicts of interest at the State Department.

Well, "Republican lawmakers have accused..."!  That, as we have seen, makes it a legitimate story.  (Also, now "It's out there.")

Well done, media ratf*ckers!

BONUS:  Charles P. Pierce took notice, too.