I agree with you on this. I would love to wholeheartedly jump on the Sarah bandwagon, but, in this case it sounds like she was either shading the truth or she just didn’t remember correctly what the AIP was all about. Either way, Schmidt’s advice was sound. On the other hand, this whole article may have intentionally left out key facts.
That's what I would prefer to think, but even the bodys of the emails are problematic. It's difficult to say. With all of the garbage being shoveled toward her family I respect her wanting to fight back, but not at the expense of what is true (and easily found out). That's why I think the advice was an obvious fit.