Re: Haiti Donation Statement Draft

From:cheryl.mills@gmail.com

To: nmerrill@hrcoffice.com

Date: 2015–02–26 01:21

Subject: Re: Haiti Donation Statement Draft

good copy

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>

wrote:

> Craig and I just sent them a note explaining in a brief and offered to

> get on the phone.

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> On Feb 25, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote:

>

> i am good with that approach (nick/pir — you may want to reach out to

> DOS in am so they aren’t surprised and have the context so if asked at the

> podium they are prepared)

>

> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Craig Minassian <

> cminassian@clintonfoundation.org> wrote:

>

>> I agree

>>

>> This is a modified version of what we sent the post — is everyone okay

>> with this?

>>

>>

>>

>> Sent from my iPhone> > On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:23 PM, Bruce Lindsey <

>> blindsey@clintonfoundation.org> wrote:

> > Why wouldn’t we tell others what we told the Washington Post. At least

>> that way they won’t have to cite the Post as their source > >

>> > Sent from my iPhone

>>> On Feb 25, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Craig Minassian <

>> cminassian@clintonfoundation.org> wrote:

>> >>

>> >> All — not surprisingly, we’ve received a number of follow up questions

>> asking for confirmation of the Algeria donation. We could let it sit or

>> confirm for other outlets with the following draft statement:

>> >>

>> >> “Immediately following the devastating earthquake in Haiti January 12,

>> 2010, the Embassy of Algeria made an unsolicited donation of $500K to

>> Clinton Foundation Haiti Relief fund. As the Clinton Foundation did with

>> all donations it received for Haiti, the entire amount of Algeria’s

>> contribution was distributed as aid. This donation was disclosed publicly

>> on the Clinton Foundation website, however, the State Department should

>> have also been formally informed. This was a one-time, specific donation

>> for Haiti relief and Algeria had not donated to the Clinton Foundation

>> before and has not since.”

>>

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YOU SHOULD BE PISSED GOWDY, ISNT THIS SOME FORM OF EXTORTION?

From:jlegum@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015–10–19 23:39 Subject: Gowdy

Is there any way for me to track down him interviewing on Wall Street? Seems like a good story to get out there in advance of hearing.. https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/18346 EMAIL ID 18346

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EMAIL ID — 18897

SLUSH FUNDING GOES THROUGH

JOHN PODESTA PAC “EQUITABLE GROWTH”

THIS EMAIL SHOWS THEM CHOOSING A MIDDLE MAN

“See highlight below … an example of a WCEG grantee being sensitive to receiving funds that come via a check from CAP. We’ll work our way through this, but just a reminder that some academics may be sensitive to being too closely affiliated with CAP.”

FW: Yagan funding

From:hms@sandlerfoundation.org

Danny Yagan, you may recall, is a colleague of Emmanuel’s at Berkeley who has collaborated with Emmanuel on some work through the Berkeley Center for Equitable Growth.

Steve

From: Daetz, Steve Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 2:26 PM To: Heather Boushey Subject: RE: Yagan funding

Thanks for sharing. What if CAP gave the check to Emmanuel’s center at UC Berkeley, which then passes it on to Danny? UC Berkeley committed to us (Sandler Foundation) that we would not be charged any overhead for the money we give to Emmanuel’s center.

Steve

From: Heather Boushey [mailto:HBoushey@equitablegrowth.org] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:34 PM To: Daetz, Steve Subject: FW: Yagan funding

Hello Steve,

First, thanks for a really good meeting on Monday! It was was really helpful for us. I’ll be in touch a lot in December as we work through our planning process and tee up our 2015 goals and proposed budget.

Second, I wanted to forward this to you within the context of the things we discussed. We don’t have a proposal about how to address this yet, but I wanted you to see this so you know that the issue is real and we are trying to make sure we are on the right side of the line for academics. Yagan is exactly the kind of rising superstar we want to fund and cultivate.

Best,

Heather

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Heather Boushey

Executive Director and Chief Economist

Washington Center for Equitable Growth

1333 H Street, NW, 2nd Floor

Washington, DC 20005

hboushey@equitablegrowth.org<mailto:hboushey@equitablegrowth.org