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How America’s most powerful agencies were weaponized against President Donald Trump

The Talk Shows Nov 6th, 2016 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence; Clinton adviser Joel Benenson. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): John Podesta, Clinton campaign chairman; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine; Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. THIS WEEK (ABC): Podesta; Priebus.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager; Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.

Huma Abedin warned Clinton's campaign team that Hillary would have to 'stick to her notes' at an event because she was 'still not perfect in her head.' The personal emails, belonging to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, were published by WikiLeaks on Tuesday. ... 'I will leave commenting on campaign tactics to others. What I have made absolutely clear is that corporate money and secret money have no place in our democracy and we should get rid of it once and for all,' said the campaign's chief strategist Joel Benenson.

prev next Home | Policy | Cybersecurity WikiLeaks puts Clinton adviser Benenson on notice By Joe Uchill - 10/23/16 10:19 AM EDT WikiLeaks implied Sunday that it will leak information on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist, Joel Benenson. "@benensonj We have a surprise for you #JBSurprise," said the tweet to Benenson, using the same "surprise" language WikiLeaks used last week when it put Democratic National Committee interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on notice last week. ADVERTISEMENT WikiLeaks also repeated a threat in a tweet at Kaine and NBC's "Meet the Press," saying,...

The Talk Shows July 24th, 2016 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Joel Benenson, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Donald J. Trump; Bernie Sanders.FACE THE NATION (CBS): President Barack Obama (taped).THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Bernie Sanders. I-Vt.; Robby Mook, campaign manager for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton; Paul Manafort, campaign chairman for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Mook; Donald Trump Jr., son of the Republican presidential candidate.

Polls show Americans don't think Hillary is trustworthy. Then her campaign manager denies there are such polls. Then her pollster denies that the campaign manager didn't tell the truth about it. Not exactly a formula to build trust. On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough mocked Robby Mook for having, as our Jeff Meyer reported, denied the undeniable, claiming on yesterday's Face the Nation that "no poll" shows Americans don't trust Hillary. Said Scarborough sarcastically: "well, actually, yeah, they do. You have to respect him for saying they don't." When Scarborough confronted Hillary pollster Joel Benenson with the fact that Mook...

The talk of the town for the next few days will be this big piece by Peter Baker in the NYT on President Obama. The piece paints a picture of a despondent administration: Yet even if the White House saw it coming, this is an administration that feels shellshocked. Many officials worry, they say, that the best days of the Obama presidency are behind them. They talk about whether it is time to move on. While not in the 30s, Obama’s approval rating in surveys conducted by The New York Times and CBS News had fallen to 45 percent last...