HUMA ABEDIN AND I have arranged to meet in a West Chester parking lot at 10 a.m., and I’m stuck in traffic on the West Side Highway, 31 miles away. Abedin is a lot of things, but first and foremost she has been, for 25 years, the keeper of details, optics, and logistics for Hillary Clinton. She knows it takes 90 min utes to do Hillary’s hair and makeup and about ten to walk briskly from Hillary’s old Senate office to the floor. She has wrangled visas, commissioned airplanes, and organized clandestine meetings between Hillary and Barack Obama using decoy cars. No one better comprehends the value of an on time arrival than Abedin. Now Siri is recalculating my arrival time again. East Side, West Side, the roads are a mess. Is it possible that Abedin is stuck in this too?
At 10:01, a text comes through: “Lisa it’s Huma. I’m here in the parking lot.”
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