Subject: Re: Law firm
From: "Joshua Alcorn" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 14:41:23 -0400

Agree with the esteemed former Senator from Delaware. Gordon is a pain, I wish Mullaney would tell him to shut up. 

/ja
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> On May 1, 2015, at 2:33 PM, [email-masked] wrote:
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> Tom is getting a little too cute. John Carney is avoiding getting quoted. That being said, by next Friday no one will remember this article 
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> From: Hunter Biden
> To: Josh Alcorn
> Cc: Ted Kaufman, Alex Snyder-Mackler, Eric Schwerin
> Sent: May 1, 2015 at 7:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Law firm
> All good- nothing new nothing we shouldn't expect from our "friends." 
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> RHB
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> On May 1, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> sorry, there was more I missed. Unhelpful comments from Tom Gordon.
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> During his tenure as Attorney General, Biden's office secured $185 million from financial institutions in settlements related to the 2008 financial crisis. Many complain, however, that not enough of that money found its way to victims of the crisis.
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> Grant & Eisenhofer represents investors and whistleblowers in consumer class actions, false claims cases, antitrust lawsuits, shareholder litigation and bankruptcies.
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> Biden has shown no public signs that he is plotting a run for governor. He has not held public events or delivered public comments in months, with his public absence coinciding with health concerns.
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> In August 2013, Biden underwent a procedure to remove a small brain lesion at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after becoming disoriented on a family vacation.
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> New Castle County Chief Executive Tom Gordon, another political ally of the Bidens, spoke with Beau Biden by phone as recently as last month, he said.
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> Gordon said he urged the former attorney general to speak publicly about his campaign plans, and has asked to be a member of a formal campaign committee. "I said, 'You need to get out and let people know you're still running,'" recounted Gordon, who is expected to seek the governor's office if Biden does not run.
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> "I've talked to his close friends who will be running the campaign and they say they're getting ready for him to run," Gordon said. "At some point they've got to start announcing where they're going with the campaign."
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> Joshua Alcorn
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> On May 1, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Joshua Alcorn <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Jon called again. 
> Here’s the article: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2015/05/01/beau-biden-law-firm/26693351/
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> "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."
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> Grant said the new work "doesn't change anything for him politically. He will make an excellent governor."
> Joshua Alcorn
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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] 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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> On May 1, 2015, at 10:23 AM, [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]>
> To: Joshua Alcorn <[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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