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...who is willing to say Members should turn over their emails!! Lowey? Israel? SJL? On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:34 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > Better off with an H R C warrior. Who is her most fearsome House ally? > > JP > --Sent from my iPad-- > john.podesta@gmail.com > For scheduling: eryn.sepp@gmail.com > > On Mar 15, 2015, at 8:50 PM, Robby Mook <robbymook2015@gmail.com> wrote: > > Do we think Cummings would do that? Certainly worth an ask. > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Joel Benenson <jbenenson@bsgco.com> > wrote: > >> Who is the right person to raise a simple question of the audacity of >> members of congress asking others to release their emails when they don’t >> ? >> >> Do we have some D who can squarely at Gowdy and demand he release all his >> emails for that last two years so people can see for themselves how >> politically motivated his investigations are? >> >> >> >> *From:* Jesse Ferguson [mailto:jesse@jesseferguson.com] >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 15, 2015 5:13 PM >> *To:* Joel Benenson; Jim Margolis; John Anzalone; john.podesta@gmail.com; >> Mandy Grunwald >> *Cc:* Robby Mook; Kristina Schake; Jennifer Palmieri >> *Subject:* Earned Media Update >> >> >> >> Hello All – Two quick things. >> >> >> >> 1) As you may have seen, ABC News >> <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-emails-john-boehner-expected-announce-house/story?id=2964825> reporting >> that Speaker Boehner and Republicans in Congress are pledging more >> investigation into Secretary Clinton on emails. Below are the key points >> we’re sharing with Hill allies and TV surrogates this afternoon to get >> ahead of it and frame it as crazy GOP investigations AND GOP hypocrisy. >> We’re trying to push folks to go after them. >> >> 2) Everyone asked on our last Comm call for more offense against >> GOP. While we can’t do it perfectly before campaign is launched, we’ve had >> some success working with partners getting stories on Jeb and others. Clips >> attached. >> >> >> >> Thanks. We’ll try to keep these Earned Media Updates as often as we can. >> >> >> >> *POINTS* >> >> >> >> *While it was permitted for Secretary Clinton to use one blackberry >> instead of two, looking back she’s said it would have been better for her >> to use two. At the time, this just didn’t seem like an issue. She’s asked >> State Department to publicly release all of roughly the 55,000 printed >> pages of emails she provided them. * >> >> >> >> · Secretary Clinton was the first and only former Secretary to >> respond to the Department's request last year, and was the only one to >> provide her work emails. >> >> · Secretary Clinton has asked the Department to make her work >> related emails publicly available, and just like every other Cabinet >> Secretary and U.S. government official, she gets to choose to keep her >> personal emails private. >> >> · Charlie Cook wrote that: “This is the classic kind of >> inside-the-Beltway, process story that politicos and reporters get in a >> lather over, but that resonates very little with average voters." >> >> >> >> *This isn’t about emails, it’s about Trey Gowdy furthering a partisan >> witch-hunt and Republicans in Congress distracting from their dangerous >> letter to the Iranian regime. *There have been nine different >> Congressional committees that have held hearings on Benghazi . >> Secretary Clinton spent more than five hours testifying before the >> Senate and the House of Representatives and participated in briefings >> for Members. >> >> · Gowdy has been criticized for subpoenaing the State Department >> for emails already turned over to the Select Committee. >> >> · Gowdy and Republican have been caught numerous times trying to >> use the Benghazi investigation to fire up their base and raise money. >> >> >> >> *Republican Hypocrisy on Emails. They want to hold former Secretary >> Clinton to a different standard than they’d hold themselves.* >> >> >> >> Washington Post >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-governor-jeb-bush-used-e-mail-to-discuss-security-troop-movements/2015/03/14/0d7fae16-ca49-11e4-b2a1-bed1aaea2816_story.html>: >> “Jeb Bush used his private e-mail account as Florida governor to discuss >> security and military issues such as troop deployments to the Middle East >> and the protection of nuclear plants, according to a review of publicly >> released records.” [Washington Post, 3/15/15 >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-governor-jeb-bush-used-e-mail-to-discuss-security-troop-movements/2015/03/14/0d7fae16-ca49-11e4-b2a1-bed1aaea2816_story.html> >> ] >> >> >> >> Wall Street Journal >> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-potential-gop-rivals-used-personal-email-accounts-1426205325>: >> “ But much like with Mrs. Clinton, the decision over which emails should be >> considered official and which remain private was made by Mr. Bush. It is >> unclear how many emails Mr. Bush withheld because he deemed them unrelated >> to state business. “He did exactly what Hillary did,” said Barbara >> Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, a Florida-based >> government watchdog group. In turning over emails from his private account, >> she said, Mr. Bush and his staff “went through those emails and decided >> what were public-record emails and what wasn’t. […] The Wall Street >> Journal reports today: “When the Orlando Sentinel filed a public-records >> request for the emails from the private account about the legislative >> session, Mr. Rubio’s spokeswoman said they had been deleted.” (WSJ, >> 3/13/15 >> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-potential-gop-rivals-used-personal-email-accounts-1426205325> >> ) >> >> >> >> Associated Press >> <http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268773/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=ErdmugXs>, >> “Several current and former governors who are considering a presidential >> run have found ways to delay or prevent public scrutiny of their >> communications while in office. That includes Republicans who have >> criticized their potential Democratic rival.” [AP, 3/7/15 >> <http://www.thestate.com/2015/03/07/4030910/beyond-clinton-many-2016-hopefuls.html> >> ] >> >> >> >> Roll Call >> <http://www.rollcall.com/news/Clinton-Controversy-Highlights-Gaps-in-Email-Rules-for-Members-240600-1.html>, >> “But the legislative branch, which has effectively exempted itself from the >> Freedom of Information Act, can keep its emails and other correspondence >> hidden for 20 years or more — and some forever.” [Roll Call, 3/10/15 >> <http://www.rollcall.com/news/Clinton-Controversy-Highlights-Gaps-in-Email-Rules-for-Members-240600-1.html> >> ] >> >> >> >> Congressman Jason Chaffetz, who chairs the House Oversight and Government >> Reform Committee, was caught by ABC News >> <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-jason-chaffetzs-business-card-lists-gmail-address/story?id=29368587> with >> a personal email address – a gmail account – on his Congressional business >> card. [ABC, 3/3/15 >> <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-jason-chaffetzs-business-card-lists-gmail-address/story?id=29368587> >> ] >> >> >> >> In fact, people >> <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/david-brock-top-hillary-clinton-ally-trey-gowdy-release-your-emails> have >> called on Trey Gowdy to release his email if he wants to oversee this >> investigation. [MSNBC, 3/11/15 >> <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/david-brock-top-hillary-clinton-ally-trey-gowdy-release-your-emails> >> ] >> >> >> > >