Re: Q&A

From:pir@hrcoffice.com To: nmerrill@hrcoffice.com, huma@hrcoffice.com, kristinakschake@gmail.com, cheryl.mills@gmail.com, marissa.astor@icloud.com CC: jim.margolis@gmmb.com, robbymook2015@gmail.com, jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com, cminassian@clintonfoundation.org, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-03-07 18:14 Subject: Re: Q&A

Thank you from me and Heather. But wait until you see the next version… The Q&A doc is fantastic. We just did a long call to go through the q&a. Heather & I are crashing on edits. Team is about to review the statement, also in the hopes of finalizing. No plans to address it substantively via q&a at CGI or even at the top of her event — except we toyed with the idea of her saying I know there’s been a lot in the news right now and there will be plenty of time to address it, but we’re here to talk about x – but I put out a lengthy statement today. We are wheels down. What she conveyed on plane is wanting to get the q&a finalized and out. Does not want to address it in a q&a at a CGI panel. ________________________________ Just talked to Robby - yes, let's do 11:45 am. Here's the agenda: Brief everyone on where we are Discuss our next steps Review Q and A On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com<mailto:cheryl.mills@gmail.com>> wrote: Jim - does 1145am work On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Margolis, Jim <Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com<mailto:Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com>> wrote: 11am works. robby, we have to move that poll discussion which is sked for 11... ________________________________ Yep Does that work for others? On Mar 7, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com<mailto:cheryl.mills@gmail.com>> wrote: i cannot join a call until 1145am On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Robby Mook <robbymook2015@gmail.com<mailto:robbymook2015@gmail.com>> wrote: Why don't we do 11am regardless. I feel like we have to get the Q and A out fast and 330 is too long to wait. Any objections if I include Anzo, Mandy and Joel since I feel their input on the language is important. And Anzo is seeing verbatims. I'll ask that everyone keep comments to a minimum since we have a big group. On Mar 7, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com<mailto:pir@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: I saw two calendar invites, the more recent seemed to be for 3:30pm. Are we doing one at 11am? On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Jennifer Palmier I <jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com<mailto:jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>> wrote: I would be for this but only if we have addressed the issue substantively like a letter to state or statement. We are discussing at 11 am? Yes? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Craig Minassian <cminassian@clintonfoundation.org<mailto:cminassian@clintonfoundation.org>> wrote: We also need to talk to WJC Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Huma Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com<mailto:huma@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: Any thoughts on this idea? Nick and I about to connect with her for day and if we are going to orchestrate filmore change, want to make sure everyone at cf and cgi was comfortable with this plan. Also hrc will have an opinion. We have a few hours of downtime so can also lock things down once we land. ________________________________ Larry was open to CVC so I have to double check how we ended up with just WJC but he'll do whatever we want, especially this idea. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2015, at 12:30 AM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com<mailto:nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: + Craig On Mar 6, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Huma Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com<mailto:huma@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: I like the idea except i thought the Wilmore deal only happened if we gave him a 1 on 1 with WJC. Thats the big close where wjc does selma. Cvc wasn't supposed to be there so that must have just changed. On Mar 6, 2015, at 9:11 PM, "Nick Merrill" <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com<mailto:nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: I called Craig this evening to give a general download on where we were and get an update about what’s going on in Foundation-land. We got to talking about the day tomorrow and he mentioned that President Clinton and Chelsea are doing an onstage panel with Larry Wilmore (Colbert’s replacement on Comedy Central) during the closing plenary tomorrow evening. HRC is not slated to join, but maybe she should. Wilmore could sit down with WJC and Chelsea and say something like “Thanks for having me here, it’s a pleasure. And I should tell you, I just emailed HRC (I hear she’s a big emailer), and asked if she’d join as well. (Laughter).” Then cue HRC walking onstage to applause. She could sit down, take advantage of the light-hearted environment to make things serious for a moment, and give a version of the statement, maybe with a follow-up or two, and then they would have the rest of the conversation. It would be just light-hearted enough while giving her the opportunity to address this seriously, be a little conciliatory as discussed, and then get back to a discussion about CGI etc. Goal would be to cauterize this just enough so it plays out over the weekend and dies in the short term. Jen and I just discussed, and she was open to it, so I’ll let her weigh in, but one of the things she suggested was that if we do this we employ the letter-to-State idea below as well earlier in the day, so in addition to getting the human side of HRC for the cameras, we’d have a set-the-record-straight piece to this that closes off that avenue of attack as well. It might be crazy, but it might also be the one-two punch we need right now. Thoughts welcome. Nick For folks to mull overnight, we could have statement/q and a take the form of a letter to the State Department (either from HRC to Kerry or maybe Cheryl to Finer) that would memorialize the process going forward and give us a venue to explain ourselves and provide q and a in less forced setting. Sent from my iPad On Mar 6, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com<mailto:nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>> wrote: + Jim As discussed, attached here. <2015-03-06 Draft - rev2.docx>