many of the emails shed light on a guarded candidate and the inner workings of her tight-lipped campaign. by nolan d. mccaskill 11/06/16 07:28 am est even before its inception, hillary clinton's white house bid has been threatened by the revelation that she relied on a private email server while secretary of state in lieu of the department's official state.gov account. the bombshell new york times report sparked a federal investigation, congressional inquiries and a series of public information requests for emails clinton sent and received while working at the state department. story continued below the email scandal, which now includes a trove of campaign chairman john podesta's emails stolen from his personal account and now being released by wikileaks, has continually dogged her campaign but was given new life when fbi director james comey told congress the bureau would be reviewing additional emails related to an investigation believed already closed. here are 16 of the most revelatory emails that shed light on a guarded candidate and the inner workings of her tight-lipped campaign. 1. hillary clinton<u+2019>s presidential campaign had no idea the times <u+2019> bombshell report about her private email server as secretary of state would cast such a pall over her white house bid. the revelation sparked a series of investigations and freedom of information act requests for her emails. 2. a longtime clinton adviser proposed a <u+201c> transparency day <u+201d> following the times report for a tightly guarded candidate voters perceive is untrustworthy and suggested she release her paid speeches to wall street. 3. the campaign accepted a heads-up on questions before at least one democratic debate and town hall from then-democratic national committee vice chair and cnn contributor donna brazile. 4. clinton<u+2019>s dream, in her own words , <u+201c>is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders.<u+201d> republican presidential nominee donald trump, in stark contrast, has pledged to build a wall. 5. in public, clinton touts her middle-class upbringing but acknowledged in a private speech to wall street <u+201c>now, obviously, i<u+2019>m kind of far removed<u+201d> given her and bill clinton<u+2019>s <u+201c>fortunes.<u+201d> 6. a top bill clinton aide referenced the former president<u+2019>s money-making prowess as, simply, <u+201c> bill clinton, inc. <u+201d> 7. the former secretary of state <u+201c>created this mess and she knows it,<u+201d> a top aide said , referring to her commitment to speak in morocco after king mohammed vi pledged $12 million to the clinton foundation. 8. six months before she would clinch the nomination and dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz would resign, clinton<u+2019>s campaign considered relegating the chairwoman to a ceremonial role or replacing her with former michigan gov. jennifer granholm after the democratic convention. 9. donald trump isn<u+2019>t the only candidate to give politicians nicknames. in a private correspondence , clinton derided 2012 gop presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich, casually dubbing them <u+201c>mittens<u+201d> and <u+201c>grinch.<u+201d> 10. clinton is no al franken, but she, too, has a sense of humor. after realizing she had an official<u+2019>s state address but not her gmail, she asked how that happened and quipped : <u+201c>must be the chinese!<u+201d> 11. even america<u+2019>s chief diplomat gets stood up. she lamented showing up twice for meetings with the white house that had apparently been canceled. <u+201c>what<u+2019>s up???<u+201d> she asked her aides. 12. years before she would be dogged by her ongoing email scandal, clinton expressed support for publicizing the fact that high-level state officials were using personal email accounts to conduct official business following a google hack. 13. now a candidate under fire for the <u+201c>mistake<u+201d> with her private server, clinton once snapped at an aide who gave her the wrong first name of a foreign dignitary before a call. <u+201c>i must only be give[n] correct information,<u+201d> she barked after finding out <u+201c>i just used the wrong name.<u+201d> 14. perhaps the most striking example of loyalty to clinton is a speechwriter who went four days <u+2014> nearly 100 hours <u+2014> without sleep to perfect an address on global internet freedom and human rights. he did, however, say <u+201c>going 100 hours without sleep was just another week on the job<u+201d> for top clinton aide huma abedin. 15. of course, a former u.s. ambassador to haiti remarked that she <u+201c>would take a bullet for<u+201d> the then-secretary of state <u+201c>any day.<u+201d> 16. clinton<u+2019>s team frequently relies on acronyms in emails: hrc, wjc, cvc, potus <u+2014> even fubar , a term she had no knowledge of. she was later told fubar <u+2014> <u+201c>f----- up beyond all recognition<u+201d> <u+2014> <u+201c>is unprintable on civil email.<u+201d> by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
2016 election: 16 of the most revelatory clinton emails - politico
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