Re: Draft Statement for HRC for Tues (comment)

Kristing Not sure who is the keeper of the document but find an additional comment attached. I didn't cir to everyone to not clutter inboxes (I am having a hard time with mine)! thanks cdm On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Mandy Grunwald <gruncom@aol.com> wrote: > Joel, Jim and I have drafted the following for HRC to say tomorrow: > > thx > > Mandy > > Before we get started, I'd like to take a minute to talk about the > topic...of emails. > > I think there has been some confusion out there about my emails as > Secretary of State, so I want to talk about it directly. > > When I was in the Senate, I used a Blackberry for both work and personal > emails. When I got to work as Secretary, I wanted to do the same > thing. So I opted to use my personal email account - which was permitted > by the department - because I thought it would be easier to carry just one > device for my work and for my personal emails, instead of two. > > A lot of you know, I'm not exactly a technological whiz. > > Looking back, it would have been better if I had simply used a second > email account and carried a second phone, but at the time, this certainly > didn't seem like an issue. > > I sent my work emails to government employees at their government > addresses, which meant they were immediately preserved on the system at the > State Department. > > After I left office, when the Department asked for all emails from > former secretaries of state sent from their personal accounts, I > responded right away and we have turned over all of my work related > emails, which total roughly 55,000 printed pages. > > I have also asked that the State Department make all of these emails > public so everyone can see them for themselves. > > > *Mandy Grunwald* > *Grunwald Communications* > *202 973-9400 <202%20973-9400>* > > > ----- > From: Heather Samuelson <hsamuelson@cdmillsGroup.com> > To: Kristina Schake <kristinakschake@gmail.com> > Cc: john.podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Robby Mook < > robbymook2015@gmail.com>; Jennifer Palmier I < > jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>; Huma Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com>; > Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>; Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>; > Cheryl Mills <cmills@cdmillsGroup.com>; jbenenson <jbenenson@bsgco.com>; > jim.margolis@gmmb.com <Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com>; gruncom <gruncom@aol.com>; > john <john@algpolling.com>; Turner, Katherine <KTurner@wc.com>; Kendall, > David <DKendall@wc.com> > Sent: Sun, Mar 8, 2015 3:30 pm > Subject: Revised Q&A and Statement > > Revised Q&A and statement are attached, incorporating edits/comments > from this morning. Thx > > *From:* Kristina Schake <kristinakschake@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 8, 2015 3:24 PM > *To:* Heather Samuelson <hsamuelson@cdmillsGroup.com> > *Cc:* john.podesta@gmail.com, Robby Mook <robbymook2015@gmail.com>, Jennifer > Palmier I <jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>, Huma Abedin > <huma@hrcoffice.com>, Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>, Nick Merrill > <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>, Cheryl Mills <cmills@cdmillsGroup.com>, > jbenenson@bsgco.com, jim.margolis@gmmb.com <Jim.Margolis@gmmb.com>, > gruncom@aol.com, john@algpolling.com, Turner, Katherine <KTurner@wc.com>, Kendall, > David <DKendall@wc.com> > > Attached is Jen's press and surrogate plan. > > >