Re: Open Letter

We've had our meeting. Fine to say (whenever and however you want): thumb drive turned over Thursday, in process of turning over server. Let's move She's looking Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:14 PM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Cheryl and I just went through the letter and made some minor edits throughout. Updated draft is attached. On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Right - I would do: Statement from spokesperson announcing server and thumb drive tomorrow after Sunday shows. Would do open letter and updated q and a at same time. HRC Avail on Monday. Univision interview on Tuesday ( assuming that we still think that makes sense given press reax to Sunday and Monday. Sent from my iPhone On Saturday, August 8, 2015, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: if we aim for statement Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:ha16@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: ok but it will be staff and hrc avail monday interview tuesday On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:56 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com<mailto:john.podesta@gmail.com>> wrote: I thought we were talking about statement tomorrow, staff on Monday, Interview Tuesday. On Saturday, August 8, 2015, Huma Abedin <ha16@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: if we aim for statement today, avail monday and univision on tuesday, i like that On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Dan - I will send her the statement and press plan so we can present in one document. I have a new thought on potential interviewer - Maria Elena Salinas of Univision. I would bill it as an interview on college affordability and she would ask her a few questions on emails. As you all know, I had hoped that we could use the "server moment" as an opportunity for her to be viewed as having take a big step to deal with the email problem that would best position us for what is ahead. It is clear that she is not in same place (unless John has a convo with her and gets her in a different place). Accepting that, I think Univision is best chance for success. We have momentum coming out of Jeb's women's health comment and their bad debate. A Univision interview will be viewed as more offense and show that she is confident and not rattled. How does that strike folks? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Heather Samuelson <hsamuelson@cdmillsgroup.com> wrote: I’m fine with “consistent with practice of prior Secretaries..” But will remove reference to Powell in factsheet so we don’t single him out. Will send around revisions to factsheet momentarily. Revised. Please take another quick look as I think we should get to her asap. Two questions: 1) What do we do about Powell? Here I've mirrored language from the Q&A, which says "consistent with the practice of prior Secretaries of State," but are we comfortable with that? 2) Am i sending her this and the spox statement or Jen, so you want to do that? Either way, we'll need to explain the two options. On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Plus Reynolds to this chain Sent from my iPhone On Aug 8, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Heather Samuelson <hsamuelson@cdmillsgroup.com> wrote: How about this: Dan -- will call you. When I arrived at the State Department in early 2009, I immediately got to work rebuilding America’s tarnished global reputation and take on pressing challenges in nearly every region of the world. At the time, using a personal account seemed convenient. Previous Secretaries of State had used personal email accounts with no problems. Katherine and I both agree -- was about to write the same. Recommended edits below: When I arrived at the State Department in early 2009, I already had a Blackberry with a personal email account that I’d used in the Senate and during my Presidential campaign. At the time, continuing to usING a personal account seemed convenient. I had to immediately get to work rebuilding America’s tarnished global reputation and take on pressing challenges in nearly every region of the world – email systems were the last thing on my mind. Previous Secretaries of State had used personal email accounts with no problems. i think this is good i would take out the line about email systems were the last thing on her mind. On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: Any comments on the text of the letter? Hoping to get to her by noon, if possible. On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Heather Samuelson <hsamuelson@cdmillsgroup.com> wrote: Thanks Dan -- I’ll review factsheet now -- it needs some updating. Here is a revised open letter attached to the current version of the fact sheet from the website. This is shorter, more direct, and more even-handed. Not defiant but not particularly contrite either. See what you think. (Will leave it to Nick, Heather, Brian, etc to review fact sheet and make any updates as needed.) Dan <2015-08-08 open letter - 115pm.docx> ________________________________ This message and any attachments are intended only for the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please do not read, use, copy, distribute, or disclose the contents of the message and any attachments. Instead, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender immediately. Thank you.