Hillary Clinton’s unique unfitness for the presidency continues to be readily apparent. The Washington Post ran two items that highlight Mrs. Clinton’s ethical problems. Though bad for Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Trump did not skate through the week.

First, Helderman, Hsu, and Hamburger co-authored an article on the relationship between Clinton Foundation donations and access to Mrs. Clinton and her inner-circle. Donations always guarantee access to public officials, but those public officials hold elected office, and those donations are also publicized. There may be something corrupting about campaign donations, but the transaction is at least transparent, AND there are limits on who can donate directly to campaigns and how much they can give to individual candidates. (There are still other ways for money to touch candidates, of course, especially through Super PACs and other means.) For Mrs. Clinton, to funnel influence through a non-profit veils the relationship. One other wrinkle–the Clinton Foundation has enriched the Clinton family, so money donated by the crown prince of Bahrain not only buys access but lines pockets as well, providing another layer of corruption. When combined with speaking fees for Mr. and Mrs. Clinton, the couple has traveled from economic modesty to powerful wealth, almost exclusively at the hands of those who will want favors from the Clinton White House.

Second, Mrs. Clinton’s emails continue to dog her, with 15,000 more emerging. She did not turn these over to the FBI, but they discovered them nonetheless. Chris Cillizza writes an interesting paragraph:

But, the whole thing just makes it harder and harder for Clinton to sell the idea that her process for sorting emails into professional and private piles was effective. And that raises the possibility that Clinton got rid of lots of emails that she shouldn’t have via a process that was something short of transparent. Which is a very bad look for someone who is currently the clear front-runner to be the next president.

This is a mild statement, but is still fanged in its own way. Mrs. Clinton claims to be the adult in this campaign, the trustworthy and experienced one. All by itself, Mrs. Clinton’s choice to house emails on a private server, which nearly everyone believes was hacked, created too many vulnerabilities for only one obvious purpose–for Mrs. Clinton to keep information private. Notice, I did not write “to keep her private information private.” It is beyond argument the server housed classified material that was sensitive and potentially destructive when joined to ill motives. Either she chose not to use standard protocols for securing such material or she was not aware of them. Whichever you find more persuasive, she is not fit to be president of the United States.

While it has been a good week or two for Mr. Trump, seamy details about his campaign finance structure have oozed forth. According to federal filings, Mr. Trump has now quintupled the rent he charges his own campaign for use of his office space in Trump Tower. Why? His campaign is now being funded by donors, so…why not soak them? Who needs the money for advertising, infrastructure, or mobilization efforts when you can enrich yourself through rent fees? This whole campaign, I believe, has been one durable attempt to enlarge the Trump brand. Win or lose, The Donald will still make money and that is what really matters. To pile on, The New York Times reveals Trump’s companies owe around $650 million. The campaign’s actual slogan my be, “Make Trump Solvent Again.”