Subject: Fwd: Pompeo on MTP
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, David Kendall <[email-masked]>, Phil Schiliro <[email-masked]>, Philippe Reines <[email-masked]>, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>, Phil Barnett <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:02:13 -0400

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From: Rodriguez, Miguel <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 1:44 PM
Subject: Pompeo on MTP
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>

Sorry to send you so many unsolicited emails this weekend.

Wanted to follow-up on one of the Majority's emerging themes that I flagged
coming out of Huma's interview -- the notion that HRC relied on Sid's
advice and counsel on Libya to the exclusion of everyone else at the
Department.

In case you missed it, Rep. Mike Pompeo was on Meet the Press this
morning.  Andrea Mitchell pressed him on the scope of the Committee's work
and the witnesses they've chosen to call.  Mitchell asked him, why “did you
call Sid Blumenthal and Huma Abedin and all of these other personal aides
and non-aides” to Hillary Clinton?

Pompeo's response didn't address Huma.  But he did focus on Sid.  In
relevant part he said:

POMPEO: Well, we have focused on the central failure.  We have focused on
the security issues, and we’ll continue, you'll see lots of questions about
that on Thursday.  Let me speak to Mr. Blumenthal.  It goes directly to the
security issue.  We see now the former secretary relied on Mr. Blumenthal
for most of her intelligence.

Mitchell summarily dismissed that as nonsense.  Their subsequent exchange:

MITCHELL: That is factually not correct.

POMPEO: It absolutely factually correct.

MITCHELL: Relied on Mr. Blumenthal for most of her intelligence?

POMPEO: Ms. Mitchell, take a look at the e-mails trails and you’ll see--

MITCHELL: I cover the State Department. That is just factually not correct
and I’ve been as tough on this issue as anyone.

Miguel E. Rodríguez
Partner
BRYAN CAVE LLP
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