The second core accusation in the Times story is that of “potential conflicts” of interest, represented by Teneo, a corporate consulting/public affairs/public relations firm co-founded by longtime senior aide, friend and Clinton Foundation leader Doug Band, and for which Clinton was a paid consultant for a brief period of time.

But then one cannot find a single instance of an actual conflict of interest, which is commonly defined as taking positions adverse to one another or having conflicting loyalties. But the factual examples reported in the Times article demonstrate exactly the opposite: Teneo clients were successfully solicited by Band and his colleagues to contribute money to the foundation, which the Times reports has been used in the hundreds of millions of dollars to help the world’s poor and hungry, AIDS victims, and to avoid global warming.

One of the best political reporters in Washington, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, posted an op-ed on Aug. 20, unfortunately headlined “The Clinton Drama: Here we go again.” In fact, the more accurate headline should have been, “Bogus media-created Clinton scandals: Here we go again.”