Clinton intervened for firm after email from son-in-law

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2015, file photo, Marc Mezvinsky, left, and Chelsea Clinton, attend amfAR's Annual New York Honors Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened in a request forwarded by her son-in-law on behalf of a deep-sea mining firm to meet with her or other State Department officials after one of the firm’s investors asked Chelsea Clinton’s husband for help setting up such contacts, according to the most recently released Clinton emails. Clinton ordered a senior State Department official in August 2012 to look into the request. Her action came three months after an investor in the mining firm emailed Marc Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton’s husband and a partner in Eaglevale Partners LP, a New York hedge fund, asking for his help in setting up State Department contacts. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2015, file photo, Marc Mezvinsky, left, and Chelsea Clinton, attend amfAR's Annual New York Honors Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened in a request forwarded by her son-in-law on behalf of a deep-sea mining firm to meet with her or other State Department officials after one of the firm’s investors asked Chelsea Clinton’s husband for help setting up such contacts, according to the most recently released Clinton emails. Clinton ordered a senior State Department official in August 2012 to look into the request. Her action came three months after an investor in the mining firm emailed Marc Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton’s husband and a partner in Eaglevale Partners LP, a New York hedge fund, asking for his help in setting up State Department contacts. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

By Associated Press December 8, 2015 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – A recently released email from Hillary Clinton’s State Department tenure shows she intervened in a request from her son-in-law on behalf of a deep-sea mining firm to meet with her or other agency officials. Her action came after one of the firm’s investors asked Chelsea Clinton’s husband for help in setting up such contacts.

The lobbying effort for Neptune Minerals Inc. came while Clinton pushed for Senate approval for a sweeping Law of the Sea Treaty supported by the Obama administration. The pact would have aided U.S. mining companies operating in international waters, but the Senate blocked approval.

Now the leading Democratic presidential contender, Clinton ordered a senior State Department official to look into the meeting request in August 2012. Clinton’s official calendars do not show such a meeting occurred.