Subject: RE: Luis - FYI
From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
To: "Tobias, Andy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 19:55:41 -0700

Well done! We're limited in publicly distributing it because of the extended primary but we'll circulate it as best we can.

Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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From: Andrew Tobias <[email-masked]>
Date: 05/14/2016 18:44 (GMT-09:00)
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Luis - FYI

See my short post on the Wall Street Journal story:

http://andrewtobias.com/column/executive-summary/

It links to a longer one, but really, it’s just TERRIBLE Murdoch journalism.  The Journal and the NY Post led their readers to believe the Clinton foundation gave $2 million to a private company.  It gave ZERO to that private company.  It invested ZERO in that private company.  It loaned ZERO to that private company.  Surely the Wall Street Journal should know the difference between $2 million and ZERO.

What Clinton did do was inspire some friends to make this green investment, because the more green investments we make, the better it will be for our economy, our energy independence, and combatting climate change.

Everyone should be APPLAUDING efforts like these, not running them down.  And the other thousands of commitments the Clinton Global initiative has inspired wealthy individuals and corporations to make.

PS – I own a chunk of the company in question: I’ve put in more than $1 million (a small fortune to me), hoping to profit from making old homes more energy-efficient with better insulation, caulking and stuff like that.  We may or may not succeed, but isn’t it a good thing that we’re trying?  I thought the Wall Street Journal applauded private enterprise.

Best,

Andy

From: Donna Brazile [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:38 PM
To: Andrew Tobias <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Fwd: topics for CNN's State of the Union for May 15, 2016

See below

Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile

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From: "Davis, Teddy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 14, 2016 at 6:05:01 PM EDT
To: Donna Brazile <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Nathan, Nancy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Kanneth, Polson" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: topics for CNN's State of the Union for May 15, 2016
Hey Donna - I am delighted that you will be on the panel tomorrow. Here are the topics. Teddy
C BLOCK/PANEL ONE

Andre Bauer       Fmr. S.C. Lt. Governor

Donna Brazile           CNN Political Commentator

Jeff Merkley               Oregon Democratic Senator

Ana Navarro              CNN Political Commentator

COLD SOT: Trump on Everything is a Suggestion
TRUMP: “I’m not the president right now so anything I suggest is really a suggestion. If I were the president, I would put in legislation and do what I have to do.
MATT LAUER: Would you put in legislation?
TRUMP: I’m looking at it very strongly.”
(NBC’s TODAY, 5/13/16).

Everything is a suggestion?

2) REPORTER: Trump Leaked Own Tape
The Washington Post published audio on Friday of Donald Trump posing as his own spokesman in order to brag about his exploits with women 25 years ago. Then yesterday, Sue Carswell, the former PEOPLE Magazine reporter on the tape, told CNN that she believes that Trump leaked the tape himself to distract attention from other negative stories he was facing – everything from his tax returns to Paul Ryan to his butler wanting to hang President Obama. Take a listen.
ELEMENT: Reporter: Trump Leaked Own Tape
Fmr. PEOPLE Magazine Reporter Sue Carswell: “I didn’t release the tape. I believe he did.”
SMERCONISH: Just to distract attention from all the other things that have been published about him?
Fmr. PEOPLE Magazine Reporter Sue Carswell: Yes. Yes!” (CNN’s “Smerconish,” May 14, 2016).
Is that Donald Trump’s voice on the tape?
Will Trump pay a price for sitting on his tax returns?

D BLOCK/PANEL ONE

Andre Bauer       Fmr. S.C. Lt. Governor

Donna Brazile           CNN Political Commentator

Jeff Merkley               Oregon Democratic Senator

Ana Navarro              CNN Political Commentator

COLD SOT: Jon Stewart on Hillary Clinton
AXELROD: What would you be saying about her if you were doing your show right now?
JON STEWART: “What I think about Hillary Clinton I imagine to be a very bright woman without the courage of her convictions. Because I'm not sure what they are."  (The Axe Files, May 11, 2016).

Hillary Clinton has a near-lock on the nomination. She consistently does well in states with closed primaries that have large minority populations. But why does she continue to struggle with white voters and independents?

Bernie keeps winning but can he actually be the nominee at this point in terms of the math?

GRAPHIC: Democratic Delegate Race
                   Pledged   Super        TOTAL
Clinton     1,719        516            2,235
Sanders    1,425        41              1,466

2) CGI Steered Money to Company Owned by Clinton Allies
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the Clinton Global Initiative steered money to a green energy company controlled by Clinton allies. Bill Clinton was asked on Friday if CGI broke the law. Take a listen.
ELEMENT: Bill Clinton says CGI did not break the law
REPORTER: So you deny CGI broke the law?
BILL CLINTON: Oh, God, yes.”
(Bill Clinton rope line exchange in Kentucky, 5/13/16).

Donald Trump called this new story a “bombshell.” But does his own refusal to release his tax returns make him a flawed messenger?

Does this story have legs?

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Teddy Davis
Senior Producer
CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper
323-895-0485 (cell)
202-503-6383 (work)
@TeddyDavisCNN