Posted on 10/16/2016 4:05:05 PM PDT by smitty2012
Re: Foreign registered agents
From:jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com To: re47@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2015-04-17 01:38 Subject: Re: Foreign registered agents
Take the money!!
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On Apr 16, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Robby Mook wrote:
Marc made a convincing case to me this am that these sorts of restrictions don't really get you anything...that Obama actually got judged MORE harshly as a result. He convinced me. So...in a complete U-turn, I'm ok just taking the money and dealing with any attacks. Are you guys ok with that?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dennis Cheng Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 6:13 PM Subject: RE: Foreign registered agents To: Marc Elias , Robby Mook < re47@hillaryclinton.com> Cc: Karuna Seshasai , Huma Abedin < ha16@hillaryclinton.com>, Jesse Ferguson , Kristina Schake , Tony Carrk < tcarrk@hillaryclinton.com>, Rebecca Leal , Nicholas Pancrazio , Beth Jones < bjones@hillaryclinton.com>, John Podesta
Hi all – we really need to make a final decision on this. We’re getting to the point of no return…
*From:* Marc Elias [mailto:melias@hillaryclinton.com] *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:38 AM *To:* Robby Mook *Cc:* Dennis Cheng; Karuna Seshasai; Huma Abedin; Jesse Ferguson; Kristina Schake; Tony Carrk; Rebecca Leal; Nicholas Pancrazio; Beth Jones; John Podesta
*Subject:* Re: Foreign registered agents
If we do it case by case, then it will be subjective. We would look at who the donor is and what foreign entity they are registered for. In judging whether to take the money, we would consider the relationship between that country and the United States, its relationship to the State Department during Hillary's time as Secretary, and its relationship, if any, to the Foundation. In judging the individual, we would look at their history of support for political candidates generally and Hillary's past campaigns specifically.
Put simply, we would use the same criteria we use for lobbyists, except with a somewhat more stringent screen.
As a legal matter, I am not saying we have to do this - we can decide to simply ban foreign registrants entirely. I'm just offering this up as a middle ground.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Robby Mook wrote:
Where do we draw the line though?
On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:22 PM, Marc Elias wrote:
Responding to all on this. I was not on the call this morning, but I lean away from a bright line rule here. It seems odd to say that someone who represents Alberta, Canada can't give, but a lobbyist for Phillip Morris can. Just as we vet lobbyists case by case, I would do the same with FARA. While this may lead to a large number of FARA registrants being denied, it would not be a flat our ban. A total ban feels arbitrary and will engender the same eye-rolling and ill will that it did for Obama.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Dennis Cheng wrote:
Hi all – we do need to make a decision on this ASAP as our friends who happen to be registered with FARA are already donating and raising.
I do want to push back a bit (it’s my job!): I feel like we are leaving a good amount of money on the table (both for primary and general, and then DNC and state parties)… and how do we explain to people that we’ll take money from a corporate lobbyist but not them; that the Foundation takes $ from foreign govts but we now won’t.
Either way, we need to make a decision soon.
*From:* Karuna Seshasai [mailto:kseshasai@hillaryclinton.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 14, 2015 10:35 PM *To:* Huma Abedin *Cc:* Robby Mook; Dennis Cheng; Jesse Ferguson; Marc Elias; Kristina Schake; Tony Carrk; Rebecca Leal; Nicholas Pancrazio; Beth Jones; John Podesta *Subject:* Re: Foreign registered agents
Following up on the call from 9:30.
The policy would be to not allow any currently registered foreign agents (those who register with FARA) to contribute or raise for the campaign. If someone terminates their registration, they would be allowed to contribute or raise for the campaign.
Marc, we'd especially like your perspective on adopting this policy..
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Huma Abedin wrote:
That would be helpful.
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On Apr 14, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Robby Mook wrote:
Not to get too processy...but could you, me, Podesta, Tony, (and Huma if possible) and someone from comms do a quick 10 min call on this? We'll finalize a decision.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Karuna Seshasai < kseshasai@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:
Wanted to follow back up on this.
We're consistently flagging more FARA registrants daily. In terms of # - we're at 27 out of 370 prospective bundlers - but to Jesse's question - that does not represent the costs of how much these folks would likely raise.
If we were looking at these folks below on a case by case basis, I'd want to specifically raise: Tony Podesta (Iraq, Azerbaijan, Egypt), Ben Barnes (Libya), John Merrigan (UAE), Wyeth Weidman (Libya), and Mike Driver (UAE connections)
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Karuna Seshasai < kseshasai@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:
Yes, it's attached and also copied/pasted below.
This is only 23 names of the first 350 prospective bundlers we looked at pre-launch. I anticipate more coming down the pipeline.
*First Name*
*Last Name*
*FARA Registered Agent*
*Client (if listed)*
Imaad
Zuberi
Beltway Government Strategies Inc (Zuberi is a Partner)
Office of the Monitoring MP for the Ministry of External Affairs, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (8/14/14 - Current)
Anthony "Tony"
Podesta
The Podesta Group
Republic of Iraq (2/28/13 - Current); Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1/31/13 Current); Republic of Cyprus (11/13/12 - Current); Republic of Kosovo (3/13/12 - Current); Republic of Albania (4/15/11 - Current); Republic of India (10/8/10 - Current); National Security Council of Georgia (2/3/10 - Current); Hong Kong Trade Dvelopment Council (4/20/09 - Current); The Government of the Arab republic of egypt (4/1/09 - Current, previously 5/18/07- 6/30/07) PLM Group, LLC (9/27/07- 3/1/09); Podesta Associates, Inc (2/17/94- 2/10/95)
Ben
Barnes
Ben Barnes Group for National Board
The Following Up and Recovering of the Libyan Looted and Disguised Funds of the Transitional Government of Libya, through Washington African Consulting Group, Inc (12/3/14 - Current); and Sharp & Barnes LLP for The Republic of Colombia Federacion Nacional de Departamentos (8/31/10 - Current); and Alcalde & Fay (10/21/94- 2/12/96)
Heather
Podesta
Heather Podesta
Taipei Economic and Cultural representative Office in the U.S. (5/15/12 - Current)
Hon. Ronnie
Shows
AUX Initiatives LLC
Dr Bashir Musa (8/18/14- Current)
John
Breaux
Patton Boggs
The Kurdistan regional Government (5/18/14 - Current), Government of the Republic of Cyprus (8/4/09 -10/31/11), Embassy of India, Embassy of the Republic of Peru, Government of the Republic of Cyprus (10/20/08- 10/31/11), (9/25/07- 10/31/11), (2/27/07- 10/31/11); and Breaux Lott Leadership Group for Government of Taiwan, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (5/21/09- 5/11/10)
John
Merrigan
DLA Piper LLP
Presidential Campaign of Hipolito Mejia; Embassy of the UAE (1/30/12 - Current), Embassy of the UAE; Executive Office of Dubai; Government of Turkey; Government of Ethiopia; Senado de Maxico; Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid AL Maktoum, Minister of Finance and Industry of the UAE, the Executive Office (12/15/08 - Current), Executive Office of Dubai; Government of Turkey; Government of Ethiopia; Senado de Maxico; Borse Dubai Limited; Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid AL Maktoum, Minister of Finance and Industry of the UAE, the Executive Office (6/26/08 - Current), (11/2/07, 5/10/07, 12/8/06, 11/20/06, 5/4/06); and Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, Chartered for (3/6/02, 4/26/01, 12/16/98, 10/3/97, 12/5/95, 6/2/95, 9/19/88, 8/5/85- 6/3/94)
Jonathon
Jones
Peck Madigan Jones
Embassy of New Zealand (6/10/13 - Current), ProExport Colombia (4/22/11- 10/31/11)
Michael
Smith
Cornerstone Governmen Affairs, LLC
Justice Equality Movement Embassy of the Republic of Korea (1/16/15 - Current), LNG Allies Inc (7/2/14 - Current), Embassy of the Republic of Korea (3/7/14 - Current)
Paul
Brathwaite
Podesta Group
Embassy of Japan, Federal Republic of Somalia (9/16/13 - Current), Republic of Albania; National Security Council of georgia; Embassy of Japan (7/29/11- 6/30/12), Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt (4/1/09- 12/31/10) and PLM Group for Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt (4/24/08- 3/1/09)
Thomas
Daschle
Daschle Group
Taipei Economic and cultural representative Office (*3/16/15 - Current)*
Wyeth
Wiedeman
Ben Barnes Group
National Board for the Following Up and Recovering of the Libyan Looted and Disguised Funds of the Transitional Government of Libya, through Washington African Consulting Group, Inc (12/3/14 - Current); and Sharp & Barnes LLP for The Republic of Colombia Federacion Nacional de Departamentos (2/2/11- 11/1/11)
Larry
Rasky
Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
Socialist Party of Albania (3/29/2010 - 9/22/2010) and Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (10/26/2008 - 9/22/2010)
David
Castagnetti
Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti
Embassy of Panama (5/24/11 - 5/15/12); Province of Alberta Canada (3/20/13- 6/1/13)
Gerald
Cassidy
Cassidy & Associates (10/4/07- 12/31/10; 8/27/91- 12/1/00; 6/4/84- 11/2/84)
Gov. Jim
Blanchard
DLA Piper US LLP (11/25/1991- 12/09/1992; 4/14/2009- 9/15/2010)
James "Jimmy"
Ryan
Elmendorf Ryan
Colombian Foreign Investment and Export Promotion Agency (4/21/11 -10/13/11)
John
Quinn
Quinn Gillespie & Associates
Japan External Trade Organization; Shining Prospect; Government of Macedonia; Government of Republika Srpska (3/17/09 - 10/1/11); Shining Prospect, Government of Macedonia, Government of Republika Srpska (2/19/09); (6/20/07, 6/1/06, 12/22/04- 6/30/05)
Kelly
Bingel
Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti)
Embassy of Panama (5/24/11- 5/15/12), Province of Alberta Canada (3/20/13- 6/1/13
Mike
Driver
Squire Patton Boggs
Al-Hamar Trading Group (6/21/12- 6/26/13); (6/16/03- 12/31/05)
Norm
Brownstein
Brownstwin Hyatt Farber Schreck (7/2/07- 10/17/07)
Steve
Elmendorf
Elmendorf Ryan
Colombian Foreign Investment and Export Promotion Agency (4/21/11- 10/13/11)
Vic
Fazio
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Hong kong Trade Development Council (2/21/12; 6/24/05); and Clark & Weinstock (1/26/05- 5/31/05), (9/10/01- 6/30/03)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Dennis Cheng wrote:
Karuna, can you recirculate the list of foreign agents that we know of so far? It's not a huge # in terms of the # of people - but it does include people we are close with like Tony Podesta, DLA Piper, etc.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Jesse Ferguson < jferguson@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:
Is there anyway to ballpark what percent of our donor base this would apply to (aka how much money we're throwing away)
Cost benefits are easier to analyze with the costs. :)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Marc Elias wrote:
This is really a straight up political call. One middle option is to take case by case. If, for example, they are FARA registered for Canada, we may not case. If for N. Korea we would.
But really comm's call.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Karuna Seshasai < kseshasai@hillaryclinton.com> wrote:
+ Nick and Beth.
Want to add that these folks can also be divided into two categories - those who lobbied while HRC was at State and those who are currently registered.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Dennis Cheng wrote:
We really need make a policy decision on this soon - whether we are allowing those lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to raise $ for the campaign. Or case by case.
--
*Dennis Cheng*
National Finance Director
Hillary for America
dcheng@hillaryclinton.com
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Jesse F. Ferguson
Deputy National Press Secretary and Senior Spokesman
Hillary for America
@JesseFFerguson
Gchat: Jfferg
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*Dennis Cheng*
National Finance Director
Hillary for America
dcheng@hillaryclinton.com
Registered or unregistered it the same under the Obama administration. They are spies.
Mind blowing criminals.
God help our country if she wins!!!
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Then go here...
Corrupt traitors.
I realize laws do not apply to Democrats but the Mookster here seems to be conspiring to break the law. Dinesh D’Souza went to jail for way less than this, IMO.
Link says account suspended.
I’m confused - I thought it was illegal to take $$ from foreign governments?
I’m confused - I thought it was illegal to take $$ from foreign governments?
It is. And here the Clinton Mafia is conspiring to take foreign money. If we had a free press this alone would be enough for her to withdraw in shame.
Has one stinking, rotten, corrupt member of the Republican leadership mentioned these WikiLeaks?
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WHAT?
Go to wikileaks...look.
Crooked Hillary
A small amount of people really understand what is going on and what is at stake here, the rest of the American people are clueless and stuck on Trumps abuse of women from the scumedia that works and they know it. It’s sad real sad that we have to be dragged along with these idiots who are voting for a vagina like they voted for a black man knowing what is before us in the future
In addition to the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Clinton Foundation, there are separate Clinton family foundations, entities that maintain their own revenue streams. All these entities maintain separate operations for the Clintons’ pay-to-play global racketeering operations:
<><>the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI),
<><>the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton (BHCC) Foundation,
<><>the Clinton Foundation Hong Kong,
<><> William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (Kenya),
<><>William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (UK),
<><> the Clinton Foundation Insalingsstiftelse (Sweden).
<><> Clinton/Guistra Partnership, Canada.
The Arkansas-based Clinton Library also raises huge amounts of money from Muslim Mideast sources.
These lowlifes, backstabbers are nowhere to be heard. At least they should be out screaming about how shockingly corrupt the Clintons and their close associates are! But, no, it might help Trump to win.
“If we had a free press this alone would be enough for her to withdraw in shame.”
We have a ‘free’ press, we just don’t have an unbiased press that will do their job to vet both sides.
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