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| #PodestaEmails7: WikiLeaks releases 7th batch of emails from Clinton campaign chair | #PodestaEmails7: WikiLeaks releases 7th batch of emails from Clinton campaign chair |
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| WikiLeaks has released a seventh tranche of emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta, comprising 2,000 emails. | WikiLeaks has released a seventh tranche of emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta, comprising 2,000 emails. |
| The latest leak follows the release of around 9,000 emails via the WikiLeaks website, including messages highlighting Hillary's email scandal, Wall Street connections, and handling 'backroom deals'. | The latest leak follows the release of around 9,000 emails via the WikiLeaks website, including messages highlighting Hillary's email scandal, Wall Street connections, and handling 'backroom deals'. |
| READ MORE: ‘Clintons won't forget what their friends have done’: WikiLeaks release #PodestaEmails6 | READ MORE: ‘Clintons won't forget what their friends have done’: WikiLeaks release #PodestaEmails6 |
| Earlier leaked emails suggested that Clinton knew Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) received “clandestine”support from Saudi Arabia and Qatar – both major allies of the US in the Middle East. | Earlier leaked emails suggested that Clinton knew Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) received “clandestine”support from Saudi Arabia and Qatar – both major allies of the US in the Middle East. |
| They also showed that in 2013, Clinton admitted that the largest share of donations to the Clinton Foundation came from abroad, and that the new DNC chair leaked Bernie Sanders’ campaign strategy plans to the Clinton campaign. | They also showed that in 2013, Clinton admitted that the largest share of donations to the Clinton Foundation came from abroad, and that the new DNC chair leaked Bernie Sanders’ campaign strategy plans to the Clinton campaign. |
| READ MORE: Podesta files: Top 10 revelations from leaked Clinton campaign emails | READ MORE: Podesta files: Top 10 revelations from leaked Clinton campaign emails |
| Podesta’s Twitter account and new email account were hacked on Wednesday after the fifth WikiLeaks email release. | Podesta’s Twitter account and new email account were hacked on Wednesday after the fifth WikiLeaks email release. |
| Benghazi | Benghazi |
| The new releases include further details on handling Hillary’s email scandal, as well as the hearing by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs into the 2012 attack on the US embassy in Benghazi.In a 2015 email sent to Podesta about Hillary’s Benghazi hearing, the sender suggests turning the focus from Clinton to the “Congressional Republicans” and their “totally skewed and misplaced priorities”.“I believe this challenge could be potent enough to garner a headline – and have Hillary Clinton stand up for Americans rather than for herself while putting Republicans much further on the defensive,” the email reads. | The new releases include further details on handling Hillary’s email scandal, as well as the hearing by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs into the 2012 attack on the US embassy in Benghazi.In a 2015 email sent to Podesta about Hillary’s Benghazi hearing, the sender suggests turning the focus from Clinton to the “Congressional Republicans” and their “totally skewed and misplaced priorities”.“I believe this challenge could be potent enough to garner a headline – and have Hillary Clinton stand up for Americans rather than for herself while putting Republicans much further on the defensive,” the email reads. |
| Hillary's emails | Hillary's emails |
| It wouldn’t be a Hillary leak without a mention of the infamous email scandal. | It wouldn’t be a Hillary leak without a mention of the infamous email scandal. |
| While discussing possible responses for Clinton’s traveling press secretary Nick Merrill, campaign spokesman Brian Fallon writes “in preparation for the possibility that the State Department may acknowledge as soon as today that there were 16 Sid [Blumenthal] emails missing from the 55k pages of material produced by HRC”. | While discussing possible responses for Clinton’s traveling press secretary Nick Merrill, campaign spokesman Brian Fallon writes “in preparation for the possibility that the State Department may acknowledge as soon as today that there were 16 Sid [Blumenthal] emails missing from the 55k pages of material produced by HRC”. |
| “On-the-record: ‘Hillary Clinton has turned over 55,000 pages of materials to the State Department, including all emails in her possession from Mr. Blumenthal’,” Fallon notes. | “On-the-record: ‘Hillary Clinton has turned over 55,000 pages of materials to the State Department, including all emails in her possession from Mr. Blumenthal’,” Fallon notes. |
| “Off-record: If pressed on whether we are essentially admitting the possibility that she deleted some emails: Look, we do not know what these materials are, or where they came from. Just take a look at them: many of the documents are not even formatted as emails. For all we know, it could be that, in the course of reproducing his emails after his account was hacked, Sid misremembered which memos he actually forwarded to her and which he did not.” | “Off-record: If pressed on whether we are essentially admitting the possibility that she deleted some emails: Look, we do not know what these materials are, or where they came from. Just take a look at them: many of the documents are not even formatted as emails. For all we know, it could be that, in the course of reproducing his emails after his account was hacked, Sid misremembered which memos he actually forwarded to her and which he did not.” |
| Other emails in Friday’s leak suggest spinning Clinton’s email scandal to show that “all the Republicans have the same or similar ‘problems’.” | Other emails in Friday’s leak suggest spinning Clinton’s email scandal to show that “all the Republicans have the same or similar ‘problems’.” |
| Handling the media | Handling the media |
| In one email chain, Podesta recommends staging “an intervention” to deal with a New York Times reporter’s queries about ‘gig’ economy companies - companies that hire short-term or temporary workers. | In one email chain, Podesta recommends staging “an intervention” to deal with a New York Times reporter’s queries about ‘gig’ economy companies - companies that hire short-term or temporary workers. |
| In another, Podesta asks what he’s being “accused of” by a Washington Post journalist writing about financial donations to a lobby group founded by Podesta, the Center for American Progress (CAP). | In another, Podesta asks what he’s being “accused of” by a Washington Post journalist writing about financial donations to a lobby group founded by Podesta, the Center for American Progress (CAP). |
| In May 2015, Clinton’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri emailed national finance director Dennis Cheng to complain about media leaks. The leaks concerned Clinton reportedly doing meetings for the Democratic Super PAC, Priorities USA. | In May 2015, Clinton’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri emailed national finance director Dennis Cheng to complain about media leaks. The leaks concerned Clinton reportedly doing meetings for the Democratic Super PAC, Priorities USA. |
| “So afraid that NYT is going with this story on Priorities whether we like or not,” Palmieri writes. “They have sources about the meetings. Honestly, it sounds like Priorities staff was yapping.” | “So afraid that NYT is going with this story on Priorities whether we like or not,” Palmieri writes. “They have sources about the meetings. Honestly, it sounds like Priorities staff was yapping.” |
| Clinton's 'core message' critiqued | |
| In emails from late January, Clinton’s message to voters was described as being “tone death [sic] on what is happening in the country” by a leading political strategist critiquing her “core message”. | |
| Responding to a request to review Clinton’s performance in the fourth Democratic debate with Bernie Sanders, Stan Greenberg warned Podesta that their run for the White House was “badly positioned”. | |
| Assessing the Town Hall debate in Iowa on January 26, the political pollster explained how Clinton’s campaign team needed to keep up with Sanders’ crusade for “change”. He compared Clinton to a “grown-up lecturing… young people” and advises she transition from talking about her past. | |
| Greenberg counts former UK prime minister Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela among his past clients. | |
| At the time of the Iowa face-off, Clinton’s lead over Sanders in polls across the US was reported to be shrinking by a number of media outlets. |