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From:jeff.gerth@gmail.com To: bfallon@hillaryclinton.com CC: Lawrence.Roberts@propublica.org, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-11-11 15:42 Subject: Your comment about my questions

Brian, I am sorry you believe any responses you might provide might not be met with an open mind. Your assumption is simply wrong. If you decide to provide answers to any of my questions I will incorporate them into the story. Thanks, Jeff On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Brian Fallon <bfallon@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Thank you, Jeff. Given the tone and premise of these questions, are there > any responses I could possibly provide that would be met with an open mind? > It seems not. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeff Gerth <jeff.gerth@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 2:14 PM > Subject: Questions for story about Senator Clinton/Wall Street > To: Brian Fallon <bfallon@hillaryclinton.com> > Cc: Lawrence Roberts <Lawrence.Roberts@propublica.org> > > > > Brian, > > I am doing a piece about Senator Clinton's record with respect to Wall > Street in 2007-2008, in light of her remarks at the first debate and a fact > sheet she put out days before the debate. We are publishing soon and thus > need answers by the end of business this Wednesday, the 11th. > 1. In the debate she mentioned remarks she made to Wall Street in December > 2007 to essentially "cut it out" with respect to their speculative mortgage > activities. I presume she was referring to the remarks she gave to Nasdaq > on December 5 of that year. Is that correct? If not, what was she referring > to? If so, would you let me know which parts of that speech best support > her description of it at the debate? > 2. A briefing/fact sheet put out last month, entitled "Hillary Clinton: > Wall Street Should Work for Main Street," lists five items under the > heading of what she called for as a Senator. Four of those items involved > releases or speeches she gave and one involved a bill she introduced. One > of those speeches (July 2007) involved the carried interest tax preference. > Why did then Senator Clinton not sign on as a co-sponsor to legislation > introduced the month earlier (S. 1624) which addressed this issue? Why did > she make her remarks after then-Senator Obama had signed onto the > legislation? > 3. With regards to legislation involving the housing/mortgage crisis in > 2007-2008; I have found that in addition to the bill cited in the Oct. 2015 > fact sheet (S. 2866) Senator Clinton introduced five bills that related to > the housing and mortgage crisis: S. 947, 2114, 2574, 2801 and 2992. (The > inclusion of these bills is based on their text and the releases about them > issued by Senator Clinton.) Are there any other bills she introduced in the > 110th Congress that related to the mortgage and housing crisis; if so would > you please provide their numbers? Only one of the six bills I have cited > had a co-sponsor (2992, related to housing for veterans) and none of the > six had hearings or became law. In addition, would you please explain why > Senator Clinton didn't play a significant role in the main housing/mortgage > legislation that passed Congress (HERA, Public Law 110-289)? (The bill's > manager named 13 Senators for their role in HERA on the day of passage and > Senator Clinton was not among them.) Finally, HERA was voted on 3 times in > the Senate in 2008 and there were a few additional procedural votes as > well; Senator Clinton missed HERA votes in February and April, while she > was running for the nomination and also missed HERA votes in late June > after she dropped out of the race; could you explain her voting record? > (She was present at, and voted for HERA, when it passed in late July.) In > light of all of the above, could you please further explain her role in > legislation in 2007-2008 related to the housing and mortgage crisis. > 4. Senator Clinton voted for TARP in the fall of 2008. In a radio > interview (WNYC) soon after the vote she said NY banks and other financial > firms "are the biggest winners in this" and this was "one of the reasons > why, at the end, despite my serious questions, I supported it." Does she > have anything to add to that statement? > 5. The week of Sept. 15 to Sept 22, 2008 was the week in which the rescue > of AIG was made by the Federal Reserve/US Government. Public calendars show > that Senator Clinton spoke, by phone, with Treasury Secretary Paulson on > Sept. 17 and Sept. 20 and met with Tim Geithner, the president of the > Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on Sept. 22. Paulson, in his book about > the crisis, discusses the conversation he had with Senator Clinton on Sept. > 17, saying she inquired on behalf of Mickey Kantor in connection with > saving AIG. Kantor represented a group of large AIG shareholders, including > Eli Broad. There is some confusion about who Kantor was representing based > on Paulson's account, Kantor's account (to me) and news reports at the time > about Kantor's group. The group's investment banker, as reported at the > time, was Roger Altman. In light of all of the above: A) Why did Senator > Clinton decide to involve herself in the AIG matter? B.) who prompted her > to inquire about AIG? C.) what did Senator Clinton raise with Paulson? D.) > what did she raise with Geithner? E.) what did she understand at the time > about the identity and motivation of Kantor's clients? > 6. Finally, in broad terms, Mrs. Clinton, in her current campaign, > presents herself as a long time critic of Wall Street who, as she said in > the debate, "gets things done." The 110th Congress was a time when she > could have translated words into deeds. She also had to navigate then, as > she did at the Nasdaq speech, between her NY constituents, her political > supporters and donors, and her policy prescriptions. Please give a short > summary of her accomplishments during this period ---in addition to those > cited in last month's fact sheet---and how she balanced the various > interests involved in the process. > > Thanks for your help and feel free to come back to me if you need > elaboration or clarification on any of the above. > My editor is Lawrence Roberts, who is cced on the email. > > > Jeff Gerth > Senior Reporter > ProPublica > (202) 362-6139 > >