So Clinton is a red herring.
Not sure if he is a red herring. Depends on if he really was used as the go-between or not. However, the fact of the matter is that we will never know the truth for the following reasons:
1. Little interest by the msm to pound on this story like they would if Obama was a Republican.2. There likely isn't a paper trail. This was almost certainly handled through face-to-face conversations. Unless they were taped conversations, the chances of any hard evidence coming to light of what actually happened are nil.
3. Even if the Republicans did succeed in getting a special counsel appointed (unlikely), all special counsels do is take years to accomplish anything. And while they are investigating, the matter goes behind closed doors and is all but forgotten.
4. Did I mention that the msm couldn't give a rat's ass about this story because Obama is a Democrat? Just sayin...