Subject: Re: Law firm
From: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ted Kaufman" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 11:26:02 -0400

Jon called again. 
Here’s the article: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2015/05/01/beau-biden-law-firm/26693351/ <http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2015/05/01/beau-biden-law-firm/26693351/>

Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who has said he is planning a run for governor in 2016, is expanding his role at Grant & Eisenhofer, the Wilmington law firm he joined in January.

A spokesman for Biden did not immediately respond to questions about whether Biden is still committed to a gubernatorial run next year, and how his work at the law firm fits into those plans.

Grant & Eisenhofer said that Biden will expand his work on behalf of whistleblowers represented by the firm. Stuart Grant, a prominent Biden donor and political ally, is the firm's co-founder and managing director.

"We're really excited for Beau to grow his work in the whistleblower group," Grant said by email. "It's a natural continuation of what he did as attorney general, and is something he's already been working on since he joined the firm in January."

Grant said the new work "doesn't change anything for him politically. He will make an excellent governor."
Joshua Alcorn
302/295.8340 (office)
302/598.1885 (cell)
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> On May 1, 2015, at 10:53 AM, [email-masked] wrote:
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> Perfect
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> From: Josh Alcorn
> To: Ted Kaufman
> Cc: Alex Snyder-Mackler, Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin
> Sent: May 1, 2015 at 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Law firm
> yeah, this is what I suggested Stuart say: We’re really excited for Beau to grow his work in the Whistle Blower group. It’s a natural continuation of what he did as AG, and is something he’s already been working on since he joined the firm in January. It doesn’t change anything for him politically - I think he’d make an excellent Governor.
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> Joshua Alcorn
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> On May 1, 2015, at 10:42 AM, [email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]> wrote:
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> I assume Stuart knows to say - "nothing has changed"
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> From: Alex Snyder-Mackler
> To: Ted Kaufman
> Cc: Josh Alcorn, Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin
> Sent: May 1, 2015 at 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Law firm
> Agreed, with the caveat that Stuart knows what to say re potential campaign. If you guys are confident then so am I. 
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> ASM
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> On May 1, 2015, at 10:23 AM, [email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]> wrote:
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> I would go with response 1. Let Stuart deal with him.
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> From: Josh Alcorn
> To: Alex Snyder-Mackler, Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, Ted Kaufman
> Sent: May 1, 2015 at 1:37 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Law firm
> And just as I send that previous email, here comes this to me. I see a few options:
> 1. No response. Starkey’s article then says something about “no indication what this means for 2016, Biden campaign didn’t respond to inquiries.”
> 2. I respond, "Jon, the expanded role in the Whistle Blower group doesn’t change anything.” And then ignore his follow up.
> 3. I see if he’ll go on background and see if he’ll say, “a person close to the Biden campaign says…” and make the case that this is perfectly in line with what Beau did as AG, continuation of the work, etc. 
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> I like option two the best. I’m comfortable with option three, but don’t think I’m the best person to do it (Stuart would be, or maybe Bart). Option one is by far the easiest, but I like where we’re at now, and feeding the rumor mill by not responding may only put more pressure on us. A fourth option may be an amalgam of two and three.
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> Thoughts?
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> Joshua Alcorn
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> From: "Starkey, Jonathan" <[email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]>>
> To: Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]>>
> Subject: Law firm
> Date: May 1, 2015 at 8:02:17 AM EDT
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> Hey Josh,
> I'm writing something quick about Beau expanding his role at G&E. Is he still planning to run for gov?
> Hope all's well,
> Jon
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> Jonathan Starkey
> The News Journal
> Cell: (302) 983-6756
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