The article in question came out nearly 30 hours before the email in question. In a somewhat obscure outlet. Doesn’t seem to have any reasonable connection with talk about assassinations.
If to you the article proves or even reasonably suggests the email means nothing, I want people like you investigating me if I ever decide to commit some serious crime.
Not meant to be personal - without a media doing its job, we’re all pretty much working in the dark in determining how far politicians are willing to go.
not meant to be personal,
but Toady Podesta was asked for comment about the article probably before it came out..likely Elmendorf was also asked in any case John would have heard about it from Tony. They well could have been expecting some blowback that week about the article.
Before you question my ability as an Investigator, I suggest you ask around, you will find I am quite capable and qualified. I also look at how Podesta would respond, and I would guess he would try and say it wasn’t about Scalia it was about Dodd Frank. Devil’s Advocate.
Do you believe these guys would be stupid enough to put talk of an assassination of a Supreme Court Judge in writing? Sure its possible but not likely IMO. It is a lead worth pursuing but by itself is just an inference, and with the article they have some cover.
..Most of the Clinton campaign fundraisers who lobbied on Dodd-Frank did not respond to a request for comment. When asked about the work, Tony Podesta emailed us to say, “Call B of A.” An inquiry to Bank of America was not returned...
also from the article indication that some people responded to their questions about the article when asked:
Correction: February 9, 2016
Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this story stated that the Financial Services Forum paid Benenson Strategy Group to lobby. The firm says it was paid to consult, not lobby.