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Re: Email statement

From:jsullivan@hillaryclinton.com To: dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com CC: nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com, bfallon@hillaryclinton.com, jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, ha16@hillaryclinton.com, re47@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-08-07 14:01 Subject: Re: Email statement

Sorry to miss the 10. Was on with HRC. I'm very nervous about doing the screw up line by paper. That has to come from her. On Aug 7, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Attaching here two versions of this statement, one for delivery and one for paper. I'd also like to focus our attention on the key lines about the server, which may need work: "Right now, different government agencies are debating what might possibly now be declared classified, and what’s appropriate to release to the public. Different federal bureaucracies handle these questions differently. So it’s no surprise that many Americans find this all pretty confusing. I hope the State Department and other relevant authorities will sort it out as quickly as possible and release as many emails as possible, as unredacted as possible. *In the meantime, I want to set to rest any questions about the current security of these files. So I’m handing over my email server and a thumb drive with copies of all the emails already provided to the State Department..." * On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Circling back to this. John, you said you might have ideas on how to edit > the server sentence? Brian just floated whether we should say "I messed up" > instead of "this was a screw-up." What do folks think about that? Other > edits we should make? And then what are next steps here? > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com > > wrote: > >> Made some edits here after chatting with Brian. He thought the "screw >> up" sound bite needed to be less hedged, so I moved the line about >> convenience and previous secretaries elsewhere. He also thought the server >> news should be down with the classified section and given a little set-up. >> Not sure if what i have here does the trick, but check it out. >> Dan >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Dan Schwerin < >> dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: >> >>> Here's a draft of a statement that I've worked on with Jake and Jen. See >>> what you think. Have tried to express contrition while not losing >>> perspective. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Dan Schwerin < >>> dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Here's one: 718-532-8734 <//718-532-8734>; no pin >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:42 PM, John Podesta <jp66@hillaryclinton.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Phone number? >>>>> On Aug 6, 2015 5:03 PM, "Nick Merrill" <nmerrill@hillaryclinton.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Great. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 6, 2015, at 4:54 PM, Jennifer Palmieri < >>>>>> jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Friends – pls join us for a call at 845 pm eastern / 545 pm pacfic. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Varun – can you send a number around? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > <2015-08-07 transparency - 12pm paper.docx> <2015-08-07 transparency - 130am delivery.docx>