Days before Hillary Clinton announced she was running for President, top aides organized secret dinners with multiple reporters from CNN, MSNBC, AP, ABC and more, to coordinate the campaign’s media strategy.
Trump is right. This thing is rigged.
The email below confirms a list of State-Run media reporters that were set to attend “off-the-record” dinners planned for April 9th and 10th in 2015 at the homes of Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta and pollster Joel Benenson.
RE: Press Dinners – Full Info
“From:[email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Date: 2015-04-07 12:28
Subject: RE: Press Dinners – Full InfoHere is the current RSVP list to the Thursday Night (4/9) dinner at
Podesta’s. As a reminder, this is with the 25 reporters more closely
following HRC (aka the future bus).Yes
ABC – Liz Kreutz
Yes
AP – Julie Pace
Yes
AP – Ken Thomas
Yes
AP – Lisa Lerer
AURN – April Ryan
Yes
Bloomberg – Jennifer Epstein
Yes
Buzzfeed – Ruby Cramer
Yes
CBS – Steve Chagaris
Yes
CNBC – John Harwood
Yes
CNN – Dan Merica
Yes
Huffington Post – Amanda Terkel
NO (Panama)
LAT – Mike Memoli
Yes
LAT – Evan Handler
Yes
McClatchy – Anita Kumar
Yes
MSNBC – Alex Seitz-Wald
Yes
National Journal – Emily Schultheis
Yes
NBC – Mark Murray
Yes
NPR – Tamara Keith
NYT – Amy Chozik
Yes
NYT – Maggie Haberman
Yes
Politico – Annie Karni
Politico – Gabe Debenedetti
Yes
Reuters – Amanda Becker
The Hill – Amie Parnes
Yes
Washington Post – Anne Gearan
Yes
WSJ – Laura Meckler
Yes
WSJ – Peter Nicholas
Yes
WSJ – Colleen McCain Nelson
*From:* Jesse Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2015 5:10 PM
*To:* Amanda Renteria; ‘Huma Abedin’; ‘Marlon Marshall’; ‘Robby Mook’; Nick
Merrill; Jennifer Palmieri; [email protected]; Kristina Schake; ‘Mandy
Grunwald’; ‘Margolis, Jim’; ‘Joel Benenson’; ‘John Podesta’
*Cc:* ‘Marissa Astor’
*Subject:* Press Dinners – Full InfoWe wanted to make sure everyone on this email had the latest information on
the two upcoming dinners with reporters. Both are off-the-record.1) Thursday night, April 9th at 7:00p.m. Dinner at the Home of John
Podesta. His address is 3743 Brandywine St NW in Washington, DC. This will
be with about 20 reporters who will closely cover the campaign (aka the
bus).2) Friday night, April 10th at 6:30p.m. Cocktails and Hors D’oeuvre at
the Home of Joel Benenson. His home address is 60 E. 96th Street, #12B, New
York, 10128. This is with a broader universe of New York reporters.We understand if it’s too hard to make it, not a big deal, but great if you
can.Let me know if you have any questions.”