Subject: Re: Email statement
From: Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>
To: Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Kendall, David" <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Heather Samuelson <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, "Turner, Katherine" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:18:19 -0400

My edits in yellow - (also incoroporating DEK DOJ point):

STATEMENT

I understand that many Americans have questions about the stories they hear
on the news about emails and servers.  As I said back in March, it clearly
would’ve been better if I’d just used a government email account.  Using a
personal email account was a mistake, plain and simple.  I am committed to
doing everything I can to clear up any remaining confusion about this.
That’s why I’ve asked the State Department to publish 55,000 pages of my
work emails.  I’ve also repeatedly offered to answer questions before
Congress and I look forward to doing so in October.

I hope the State Department and other relevant agencies will sort out as
quickly as possible which emails are appropriate to release to the public.
In the meantime, my team has worked with the Department to ensure these
files are stored in a safe and secure manner.  To put to rest any on-going
security questions from other agencies, I have directed my team to give my
email server, as well as a thumb drive containing copies of all the emails
already provided to the State Department, to the Department of Justice.

Going forward, I will continue doing my part for transparency and
accountability. I’m also going to focus on what’s most important to
everyday American families -- raising incomes, making college more
affordable, and helping families get ahead and stay ahead.  That’s why I’m
running for President and that’s what I’ll be working on every single day.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Agree with both recommendations.
>
>
>
> *From:* Kendall, David [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 7, 2015 3:12 PM
> *To:* Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>; Jennifer Palmieri <
> [email-masked]>; Cheryl Mills <[email-masked]>;
> Heather Samuelson <[email-masked]>; John Podesta <
> [email-masked]>; Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>;
> Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>; Robby Mook <
> [email-masked]>; Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>;
> Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>; Turner, Katherine <[email-masked]>
> *Subject:* RE: Email statement
>
>
>
> It’s a good statement.  Two suggestions.
>
>
>
> 1)      I can see why you might not want to *say* who the turnover was
> to, but it seems to me omitting this may be misinterpreted and certainly
> will trigger another round of questioning.  This may defeat the whole point
> of the exercise.  The statement could be read to imply we turned over the
> thumb drive and server to the State Department—which we didn’t  (“There
> they go again—misleading, devious, non-transparent, tricky etc.”).  I would
> recommend saying “to the Department of Justice.”
>
>
>
> 2)      Maybe it’s only me, but “hand over” seems a little pejorative—how
> about just “turn over”?
>
>
>
> *David E. Kendall*
>
> *Williams & Connolly LLP*
>
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>
>
> *From:* Dan Schwerin [mailto:[email-masked]
> <[email-masked]>]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2015 3:03 PM
> *To:* Jennifer Palmieri; Cheryl Mills; Heather Samuelson; Kendall, David;
> John Podesta; Nick Merrill; Brian Fallon; Robby Mook; Jake Sullivan; Huma
> Abedin
> *Subject:* Re: Email statement
>
>
>
> Here's a draft of a short statement we could release today from HRC,
> hopefully to be followed in the coming days by more fulsome comments on
> camera.
>
>
>
> STATEMENT
>
>
>
> I understand that many Americans have questions about the stories they
> hear on the news about emails and servers.  As I said back in March, it
> clearly would’ve been better if I’d just used a government email account.
> Using a personal email account was a mistake, plain and simple.  I am
> committed to doing everything I can to clear up any remaining confusion
> about this.  That’s why I’ve asked the State Department to publish 55,000
> pages of my work emails.  I’ve also repeatedly offered to answer questions
> before Congress and I look forward to doing so in October.
>
>
>
> I hope the State Department and other relevant authorities will sort out
> as quickly as possible which emails are appropriate to release to the
> public.  In the meantime, my team has worked with the Department to ensure
> these files are stored in a safe and secure manner.  To put to rest any
> on-going security questions from other agencies, I have directed my team to
> hand over my email server, as well as a thumb drive containing copies of
> all the emails already provided to the State Department.
>
>
>
> Going forward, I will continue doing my part for transparency and
> accountability. I’m also going to focus on what’s most important to
> everyday American families -- raising incomes, making college more
> affordable, and helping families get ahead and stay ahead.  That’s why I’m
> running for President and that’s what I’ll be working on every single day.
>
>
>
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