Subject: FW: POLITICO/HVF
From: "Helmstetter, TJ" <[email-masked]>
To: "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:14:56 -0700

FYI – Ohio inquiry from Isaac Arnsdorf at Politico on HVF. See below question about money transfers.

From: Kirstin Alvanitakis [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:02 PM
To: Helmstetter, TJ
Subject: Fwd: POLITICO/HVF

FYI -- we're ignoring. But I imagine some other state parties may get similar requests.

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From: David Pepper <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: POLITICO/HVF
To: Kirstin Alvanitakis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: Greg Beswick <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Zach West <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>

Agreed

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Kirstin Alvanitakis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
I would prefer not to respond to this. There is no reason to share that level of strategic information with a reporter. Please let me know if you would like to proceed differently.

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From: Isaac Arnsdorf <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: POLITICO/HVF
To: Kirstin Alvanitakis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>

Thanks, Kristin. I looked up the latest FEC reports and saw that the Hillary Victory Fund made two transfers to the Ohio Democratic Party, and within a day the party made transfers in the same amount to the DNC. So I’m wondering about the reasons for that.

On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Kirstin Alvanitakis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Sure, what questions do you have?

We put out this statement from David last week:

"The Ohio Democratic Party has great relationships with the DNC and the presidential campaigns, and we have been working hard to raise funds to build out a robust field program, which already has more than 50 organizers on the ground here in Ohio. As we continue to grow, our expansion would not be possible without funds being raised by the Hillary Victory Fund. We're grateful for those relationships with our national partners because that's what will enable us to stop the GOP nominee this fall."

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Isaac Arnsdorf <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Hi Kristin,

I just tried calling your office, too. I have some questions for Chairman Pepper about the party’s participation in the Hillary Victory Fund. Could you please give me a call back at 703-341-4614<tel:703-341-4614>? My deadline is today.

Thanks,
Isaac

Isaac Arnsdorf
POLITICO
(703) 341-4614<tel:%28703%29%20341-4614> (o)
(203) 464-1409<tel:%28203%29%20464-1409> (c)
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

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Ohio Democratic Party
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Communications Director
Ohio Democratic Party
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