Subject: Re: Clinton Foundation
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:57:38 -0400

The reporting on this was actually pretty shoddy it makes me sympathetic to
them.

Eric D. Schwerin
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On Aug 24, 2016, at 6:53 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]>
wrote:

Very true but also very difficult argument to make to general public. And
they've been seedy for so long they lose benefit of doubt...

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> First Read: “The latest controversy over the Clinton Foundation — the
> allegation that special access was given to Foundation donors when Hillary
> Clinton was secretary of state — follows a familiar pattern: The entire
> arrangement appears sloppy, careless, and seedy… But there’s another
> familiar pattern to the discussion, especially regarding the AP report
> showing that Foundation donors met with Clinton when she was secretary of
> state: This kind of behavior is standard operating procedure for any
> politician. If you’re a sitting congressman, senator, or governor — raise
> your hand if you’ve never granted meetings with big donors (either ones
> you’ve known before or after the donation). This is a practice that happens
> ALL of the time in American politics. And as a result, none of it is
> illegal or demands a special prosecutor. So two things can true at the same
> time: One, what the Clintons are doing can be sloppy, careless and seedy.
> And two, they’re not the only ones doing it.”
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> “Of course, the ‘they’re-not-the-only-ones-doing-it’ reasoning isn’t
> always sufficient in a political campaign, especially one for the highest
> office in the land. The Clinton Foundation was always going to be a target
> in this campaign. And if you’re scratching your head as to why the Clintons
> didn’t have a better plan for dealing with it — like having well-devised
> exit strategy months ago — remember that the decisions are usually coming
> from the principals rather than the political advisers.”
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