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Re: Earned Media Update

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> > ] > > >