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Re: Clinton Cash and Week Ahead issues to discuss tomorrow am

I agree with Jen we should try to avoid Tuesday if that is possible. I like having her do it Wednesday, if we can make it til then -- saying a couple declarative sentences rejecting the basic premise [and expressing pride in Foundation's work], pointing to website, and then pivoting to positive message. On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Jennifer Palmieri < jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Friends - I wanted to lay out some issues to consider related to Clinton > Cash and making news next week for discussion on Monday morning's call. > Hope you are enjoying great weather in the meantime. JP > > HRC ENGAGEMENT ON CLINTON CASH > > The biggest question for this group is if and how HRC engages on Clinton > Cash this week and what are the "two lines" she would deliver. > > Reminder on this week's events for her. WJC on Today show on Monday; HRC > in Vegas on Tuesday in front of the pool for an immigration event; > fundraiser and lunch with the Mayor in SFO on Wednesday; LA fundraisers on > Thursday; Bay Area fundraiser on Friday. All of the fundraisers are > closed. To restate what we all discussed on Thursday and Friday - I would > rather she not engage with press while we are in Vegas. Like to keep her > on immigration and we handle response. > > Below is a written statement Dan had drafted when we thought she might > engage on this last week - so gives folks something to react to: > > Statement from Hillary Clinton: > The suggestion that I or President Obama or any other senior official in > this administration would ever allow decisions about national security to > influenced by personal considerations – let alone some charitable donations > – is absurd. Anyone who’s had to sit in the Situation Room and make life > and death choices would understand that. And if anyone ever donated to the > Clinton Foundation in the hopes of influencing official government policy, > they’d be a fool. Even the author himself has now admitted that he found > zero evidence of any wrong-doing or quid pro quo. Unfortunately, the > incredible life-saving work of the Clinton Foundation has gotten lost in > these attacks. More than 9 million people with HIV/AIDS around the world > have benefited from more affordable medicine because of the Clinton > Foundation. Millions of American children have access to healthier food. > Farmers in Africa are growing better crops. Women entrepreneurs are > starting businesses. I’m so proud of the work that Bill, Chelsea, and all > the professionals at the Foundation have done and continue to do. And I > hope that people will judge the Foundation on that record of > accomplishment, not on baseless conspiracy theories > > CLINTON CASH RESPONSE/LAUNCH OF "THE BRIEFING" > > On Tuesday morning we will launch The Briefing page on our website. This > page will be where supporters and others can get information and points on > what she is for, but also where we would post pushback on the book. Below > is what we currently plan to post on Tuesday related to the book. > > We are also considering a Podesta post that we would put on Medium and our > site that unveils the concept of The Briefing, debunks the book a bit, and > notes that while we will respond aggressively to attacks - we know that > they are just designed to stop her bc R's know that she has right > vision/policies to win and will not be distracted from our main highway of > selling the positive. John and I discussed yesterday and think it is > important that supporters and press know that we will deal aggressively > with unfair attacks, but our real focus and her's is her proactive vision. > Important that we do not appear beleaguered. > > Clinton Cash Content for The Briefing: > > 1) a comprehensive post that debunks the book with all of our attacks in > one place; > > 2) a short video narrated by Brian Fallon highlighting most egregious > errors (we will need more time to do comprehensive version we discussed > with HRC on Friday, but think it is worth doing short one for the book > release on Tuesday); > > 3) a number of social media products that our supporters can share and are > designed to get buzz with press and supporters and further discredit the > author and the book; > > 4) the products we have already put out over the course of the last week. > > >