FW: Washington Post fact-checks

From:spahn@gonringspahn.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com CC: huma@hrcoffice.com Date: 2015-11-06 19:17 Subject: FW: Washington Post fact-checks

Post story in the works re Clinton donors..... Below is the request from Madea Gold I noted earlier. Should I work with Sierra to confirm numbers? Hi Marie - Here are the total political donations given by your clients in support of the Clintons, based on information in our database: Spielberg: $1,495,023.00 Katzenberg: $1,352,500.00 Abrams: $1,013,350.00 Geffen: $480,377.00 Methodology: The findings are drawn from a database that includes Arkansas fundraising records, federal campaign finance data obtained from the Federal Election Commission and the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, legal defense fund contributions tracked by Political MoneyLine and donor information disclosed by the Clinton Foundation. Because of inconsistencies in the data sets, individual contribution totals may be incomplete. The Post database includes publicly reported donors to Bill Clinton's 1974 congressional campaign, his 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns and nominating conventions, the Democratic National Committee while he was running for the White House, a 1998 legal defense fund, Hillary Clinton's 2000 and 2006 Senate runs, her 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns and the three super PACs set up to support her current White House bid. The database does not included donors who gave $200 or less, whose names are not required to be disclosed. The database also includes partial information about donors to Bill Clinton's attorney general and gubernatorial races in Arkansas. Those state records are incomplete, as Arkansas was not required to retain them. The database also includes donors who gave at least $250 to the Clinton Foundation. Since the foundation reports donations in ranges, the Post is using the minimum amount given. I've attached individual spreadsheets that detail the contributions we have in our database. Please let me know if anything looks off. As of now, we plan to mention the Spielbergs and Katzenbergs in a list of top 10 political donors overall to the Clintons. (They rank number four and five, respectively.) We also may note separate contributions made to the Clinton Foundation. If you can get back to me by end of day Monday, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks very much, Matea -- Matea Gold National reporter Washington Post o: 202-334-9301 c: 202-302-5600 @mateagold