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.
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*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
Benedict Arnold and Judas combined don’t measure up to the level of greed that flows through the Clinton crime family.
Makes me dizzy as well as sick!
BTT
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Twitter account has been suspended....
I thought they were talking about Hillary.
not sure what’s going on... @wikileaks tweeted three encrypted keys... ref UK, Equador, John Kerry.
Doesn’t mean they’re a kill switch, they could also be keys for someone else who is releasing docs tomorrow. Twitter gets broadcasted, so they can’t trace who its being sent to.
It appears the emails are refering to donations to the Clinton Foundation which technically is different from the campaign but in reality is not.
The American Right Wing will NEVER accept SHRILLARY ROTTEN CRIMINAL and her crooked conspirators stealing the election.
Just like the election of 1860 started the Civil War, the installation of this criminal in the WH will start CW II.
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Rat elites have special dispensations not available to the peasantry.
Tiny Tom Daschle....
UNBELIEVABLE :(
BUMP!!
Need to Pray this gets out somehow if just one would start it the others might follow.
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Wikileaks Email: Clinton Campaign Wished San Bernardino Terrorist Had Been White
Podesta: “Better” if killer was Christopher Hayes
October 16, 2016
Speaking of April 2015 when this stuff about foreign lobbyists was going on in the Clinton campaign, this foreign national was working with Biden’s son :
Hunter Biden’s Hard Drive Links Joe Biden To Foreign Lobbying Operations
The National Pulse ^ | OCTOBER 14, 2020 | Staff Writer
Posted on 10/15/2020, 2:50:53 PM by E. Pluribus Unum
Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company, according to emails obtained by The Post. The never-before-revealed meeting is mentioned in a message of appreciation that Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to the board of Burisma, allegedly sent Hunter Biden on April 17, 2015, about a year after Hunter joined the Burisma board at a reported salary of up to $50,000 a month.
“Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together. It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure,” the email reads.
An earlier email from May 2014 also shows Pozharskyi, reportedly Burisma’s No. 3 exec, asking Hunter for “advice on how you could use your influence” on the company’s behalf.
The blockbuster correspondence — which flies in the face of Joe Biden’s claim that he’s “never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings” — is contained in a massive trove of data recovered from a laptop computer.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalpulse.com ...
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