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| Colin Powell in spat with Hillary Clinton over email scandal – campaign live | Colin Powell in spat with Hillary Clinton over email scandal – campaign live |
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| New Clinton emails contain additional requests for access for foundation donors | |
| The conservative group Judicial Watch has released previously unseen emails sent and received by Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin in 2009 that appear to show that Abedin was repeatedly approached by foundation consultant Doug Band, her friend, to ask for favors from the state department – meetings, embassy appointments – for foundation “friends” and donors. | |
| Judicial Watch has obtained Clinton emails through a Freedom of information act lawsuit. Earlier this month, the group released additional emails between Band, Abedin, and another Clinton aide, also seeking a meeting with state department officials for an important Clinton foundation donor. | |
| In a separate but related development, Judicial Watch said the Clinton team had failed to turn over “15,000 documents” to the state department as part of an internal investigation into how classified information was handled under the private server system Clinton used. | |
| FBI director James Comey said last month that the FBI had “discovered several thousand work-related e-mails that were not in the group of 30,000 that were returned by Secretary Clinton to State in 2014.” | |
| FBI found almost 15,000 new Clinton documents. When will State release them? Court hearing today. | |
| Here’s one Abedin-Band email chain highlighted by Judicial Watch. In the chain, Band, the foundation consultant, asks Abedin, then a state department employee, about arranging a meeting between the crown prince of Bahrain, a “good friend” of the foundation, and Clinton, then secretary of state. | |
| Abedin’s email makes it clear that the request from Band does not represent “normal channels”: | |
| From: Doug Band | |
| To: Huma Abedin | |
| Sent: Tue Jun 23 1:29:42 2009 | |
| Subject: | |
| Cp of Bahrain in tomorrow to Friday | |
| Asking to see her | |
| Good friend of ours | |
| From: Huma Abedin | |
| To: Doug Band | |
| Sent: Tue Jun 23 4:12:46 2009 | |
| Subject: Re: | |
| He asked to see hrc thurs and fri thru normal channels. I asked and she said she doesn’t want to commit to anything for thurs or fri until she knows how she will feel. Also she says that she may want to go to ny and doesn’t want to be committed to stuff in ny… | |
| From: Huma Abedin [Huma@clintonemail.com] | |
| Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:35:15 AM | |
| To: Doug Band | |
| Subject: | |
| Offering Bahrain cp 10 tomorrow for meeting woith [sic] hrc | |
| If u see him, let him know | |
| We have reached out thru official channels | |
| Read the latest from Judicial Watch here. | |
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| Trump calls for shuttering Clinton Foundation | Trump calls for shuttering Clinton Foundation |
| Bill Clinton last week told staff with the Clinton Foundation – the charitable organization whose projects include everything from literacy in Haiti to farming in east Africa to earthquake relief in Nepal – that the foundation would stop accepting gifts from foreign donors and he would resign from the board if Clinton is elected president. | Bill Clinton last week told staff with the Clinton Foundation – the charitable organization whose projects include everything from literacy in Haiti to farming in east Africa to earthquake relief in Nepal – that the foundation would stop accepting gifts from foreign donors and he would resign from the board if Clinton is elected president. |
| Not good enough, Donald Trump said in a statement issued Monday morning calling the foundation “the most corrupt enterprise in political history”: | Not good enough, Donald Trump said in a statement issued Monday morning calling the foundation “the most corrupt enterprise in political history”: |
| Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately. | Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately. |
| – Donald J. Trump | – Donald J. Trump |
| Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told ABC News that “millions of people around the world depend on the life-saving health treatment that the foundation provides” and shutting it “would threaten lives”: | Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told ABC News that “millions of people around the world depend on the life-saving health treatment that the foundation provides” and shutting it “would threaten lives”: |
| Clinton camp manager: "Just pulling the plug" on Clinton Foundation "would threaten lives" https://t.co/yI4E7SCQ4N https://t.co/CeN6N9LGAm | Clinton camp manager: "Just pulling the plug" on Clinton Foundation "would threaten lives" https://t.co/yI4E7SCQ4N https://t.co/CeN6N9LGAm |
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| In which Donald Trump running mate Mike Pence finds Trump’s gasbaggery about attracting African American supporters casually funny: | In which Donald Trump running mate Mike Pence finds Trump’s gasbaggery about attracting African American supporters casually funny: |
| “Why are you laughing?” My god, this video of Pence on Fox News is incredible. https://t.co/iYGF8VUKkV pic.twitter.com/B1q6LxaiVf | “Why are you laughing?” My god, this video of Pence on Fox News is incredible. https://t.co/iYGF8VUKkV pic.twitter.com/B1q6LxaiVf |
| Pence reflects the view of some Trump supporters that Trump’s hyperbole is part of his charm and it’s foolish to take him literally. | Pence reflects the view of some Trump supporters that Trump’s hyperbole is part of his charm and it’s foolish to take him literally. |
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| The candidates are preparing for their meeting in the first presidential debate, at Hofstra University on Long Island, on 26 September. Donald Trump held his first debate prep session on Sunday at a golf club in New Jersey, the New York Times reported. | The candidates are preparing for their meeting in the first presidential debate, at Hofstra University on Long Island, on 26 September. Donald Trump held his first debate prep session on Sunday at a golf club in New Jersey, the New York Times reported. |
| Clinton, meanwhile, will practice against an adversary “expected to confront her about the death of Vincent Foster, label her a rapist’s enabler, and invoke the personally painful memories of Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers,” Politico reports: | Clinton, meanwhile, will practice against an adversary “expected to confront her about the death of Vincent Foster, label her a rapist’s enabler, and invoke the personally painful memories of Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers,” Politico reports: |
| “You have to start off by saying, ‘I want to thank the American people, especially Monica and Gennifer Flowers,” anticipated a top Clinton ally with close ties to the campaign. “Nobody who is a friend of hers is going to want to say that in debate prep.” | “You have to start off by saying, ‘I want to thank the American people, especially Monica and Gennifer Flowers,” anticipated a top Clinton ally with close ties to the campaign. “Nobody who is a friend of hers is going to want to say that in debate prep.” |
| Anthony Weiner should play Trump in the debate prep. I am dead serious. https://t.co/RcWXi8edmr | Anthony Weiner should play Trump in the debate prep. I am dead serious. https://t.co/RcWXi8edmr |
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| 12-year-old in charge of Trump operation in key Colorado county | 12-year-old in charge of Trump operation in key Colorado county |
| Donald Trump’s get-out-the-vote operation in Jefferson County, Colorado – part of the Denver metropolitan area – is being run by 12-year-old Weston Imer, local KMOV reports: | Donald Trump’s get-out-the-vote operation in Jefferson County, Colorado – part of the Denver metropolitan area – is being run by 12-year-old Weston Imer, local KMOV reports: |
| Imer is in charge of the operation where volunteers will gather and help get out the vote, and while sitting behind a desk may not be the coolest thing to do, he hopes to use the position to inspire others. | Imer is in charge of the operation where volunteers will gather and help get out the vote, and while sitting behind a desk may not be the coolest thing to do, he hopes to use the position to inspire others. |
| “Get involved,” Imer said. “That’s what I’m going to say. Get involved. Kids need to be educated.” | “Get involved,” Imer said. “That’s what I’m going to say. Get involved. Kids need to be educated.” |
| Imer’s mother, Laurel Imer, is the official field coordinator on paper, but she wants to give her son most of the responsibility and help show other parents - Democrat or Republican - how to get their kids involved. | Imer’s mother, Laurel Imer, is the official field coordinator on paper, but she wants to give her son most of the responsibility and help show other parents - Democrat or Republican - how to get their kids involved. |
| “You have a responsibility to your children to teach them,” Laurel Imer said. | “You have a responsibility to your children to teach them,” Laurel Imer said. |
| For those interested, the video on the WMOV web site is worth a watch. “Weston is hoping to continue his role until school starts in September,” the reporter says. | For those interested, the video on the WMOV web site is worth a watch. “Weston is hoping to continue his role until school starts in September,” the reporter says. |
| New FEC fillings show that the Trump campaign, which maintains a skeleton staff of about 70 people, has not significantly increased spending on payroll, office leases or other line items to indicate a national footprint. | New FEC fillings show that the Trump campaign, which maintains a skeleton staff of about 70 people, has not significantly increased spending on payroll, office leases or other line items to indicate a national footprint. |
| The Hillary Clinton campaign employs about 700 people and runs a ground operation built on the template that delivered Barack Obama double victory. Colorado is theoretically a swing state but polling averages have Clinton far ahead there. | The Hillary Clinton campaign employs about 700 people and runs a ground operation built on the template that delivered Barack Obama double victory. Colorado is theoretically a swing state but polling averages have Clinton far ahead there. |
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| Trump: 'I'm not flip-flopping' on immigration | Trump: 'I'm not flip-flopping' on immigration |
| Donald Trump has denied that he is rejiggering his best-known policy suggestion, a plan to use a “deportation force” to expel millions of undocumented migrants from the United States and build a wall along the border with Mexico. | Donald Trump has denied that he is rejiggering his best-known policy suggestion, a plan to use a “deportation force” to expel millions of undocumented migrants from the United States and build a wall along the border with Mexico. |
| “I’m not flip-flopping,” Trump told Fox News. “We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer.” | “I’m not flip-flopping,” Trump told Fox News. “We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer.” |
| Trump was pressed on the issue after reports surfaced that he had hinted to Latino leaders in a private weekend meeting that he was open to pathways to legal status for some undocumented people. His new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said on Sunday that Trump’s position on deportations was “to be determined.” | Trump was pressed on the issue after reports surfaced that he had hinted to Latino leaders in a private weekend meeting that he was open to pathways to legal status for some undocumented people. His new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said on Sunday that Trump’s position on deportations was “to be determined.” |
| Here’s a transcript of Trump’s insistence on his consistency: | Here’s a transcript of Trump’s insistence on his consistency: |
| Trump this morning on immigration: "I'm not flip flopping. We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer." pic.twitter.com/Phdi3E5KsT | Trump this morning on immigration: "I'm not flip flopping. We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer." pic.twitter.com/Phdi3E5KsT |
| Read further: | Read further: |
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| Clinton on Louisiana: 'I am committed to visiting' | Clinton on Louisiana: 'I am committed to visiting' |
| Following Donald Trump’s visit to flood zones in Louisiana on Friday, and the announcement that Barack Obama will visit the area on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton has issued a statement saying “I am committed to visiting communities affected by these floods, at a time when the presence of a political campaign will not disrupt the response.” | Following Donald Trump’s visit to flood zones in Louisiana on Friday, and the announcement that Barack Obama will visit the area on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton has issued a statement saying “I am committed to visiting communities affected by these floods, at a time when the presence of a political campaign will not disrupt the response.” |
| “This month’s floods in Louisiana are a crisis that demand a national response,” begins her statement, which continues: | “This month’s floods in Louisiana are a crisis that demand a national response,” begins her statement, which continues: |
| More than 30,000 people have been rescued by the Coast Guard, National Guard, and other emergency responders. Thousands of people have lost everything. At least 13 lost their lives. We must make sure that all resources are brought to bear in responding to the crisis and helping communities rebuild. | More than 30,000 people have been rescued by the Coast Guard, National Guard, and other emergency responders. Thousands of people have lost everything. At least 13 lost their lives. We must make sure that all resources are brought to bear in responding to the crisis and helping communities rebuild. |
| “That is why I have called on supporters of this campaign to give what they can to the Red Cross, to bring much-needed aid and supplies to the more than 100,000 people affected by the floods. We also need to make sure that this crisis is not compounded by another, by ensuring mosquito abatement is happening hand-in-hand with flood response, to reduce the riska [sic] of mosquitoes that could carry the Zika virus from gaining a foothold in Louisiana. | “That is why I have called on supporters of this campaign to give what they can to the Red Cross, to bring much-needed aid and supplies to the more than 100,000 people affected by the floods. We also need to make sure that this crisis is not compounded by another, by ensuring mosquito abatement is happening hand-in-hand with flood response, to reduce the riska [sic] of mosquitoes that could carry the Zika virus from gaining a foothold in Louisiana. |
| “The best way to help Louisianans affected by these terrible floods is to make sure they have the resources they need today. I am committed to visiting communities affected by these floods, at a time when the presence of a political campaign will not disrupt the response, to discuss how we can and will rebuild together. | “The best way to help Louisianans affected by these terrible floods is to make sure they have the resources they need today. I am committed to visiting communities affected by these floods, at a time when the presence of a political campaign will not disrupt the response, to discuss how we can and will rebuild together. |
| “In times of crisis, Americans have always come together to lift each other up, support each other, and rebuild stronger and better than before. That is what we must do now in Louisiana, and I am committed to standing with Louisianans every step of the way.” | “In times of crisis, Americans have always come together to lift each other up, support each other, and rebuild stronger and better than before. That is what we must do now in Louisiana, and I am committed to standing with Louisianans every step of the way.” |
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| Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Former secretary of state Colin Powell has accused the Hillary Clinton cabal of trying to “pin” her email scandal on him, after the revelation last week that Clinton brought up Powell in discussing the issue with the FBI. | Hello, and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Former secretary of state Colin Powell has accused the Hillary Clinton cabal of trying to “pin” her email scandal on him, after the revelation last week that Clinton brought up Powell in discussing the issue with the FBI. |
| “Her people have been trying to pin it on me,” Powell told People magazine at a fundraiser for the Apollo theater in East Hampton, New York, on Saturday night. “The truth is, she was using [the private email server] for a year before I sent her a memo telling her what I did.” | “Her people have been trying to pin it on me,” Powell told People magazine at a fundraiser for the Apollo theater in East Hampton, New York, on Saturday night. “The truth is, she was using [the private email server] for a year before I sent her a memo telling her what I did.” |
| Powell told NBC News last week he sent a memo to Clinton “describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department”. The New York Times reported last Thursday that Clinton told the FBI that Powell had “advised her to use a personal email account”. The report was based on a leak by Congress of notes from a classified interview. | Powell told NBC News last week he sent a memo to Clinton “describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department”. The New York Times reported last Thursday that Clinton told the FBI that Powell had “advised her to use a personal email account”. The report was based on a leak by Congress of notes from a classified interview. |
| “It doesn’t bother me,” Powell, 79, told People. “But it’s OK; I’m free.” | “It doesn’t bother me,” Powell, 79, told People. “But it’s OK; I’m free.” |
| It doesn’t bother Powell. Will it bother voters? | It doesn’t bother Powell. Will it bother voters? |
| Big Clinton ad buy | Big Clinton ad buy |
| The Clinton campaign has reserved $80m in air time in eight competitive states for the fall, bringing their total spending on TV ads to $150m, the Associated Press reports. Donald Trump only began airing ads in recent days and has reserved just $5m worth. | The Clinton campaign has reserved $80m in air time in eight competitive states for the fall, bringing their total spending on TV ads to $150m, the Associated Press reports. Donald Trump only began airing ads in recent days and has reserved just $5m worth. |
| A new ad the Clinton camp will air is called Just One, as in: “All it takes is one wrong move. Just one”… | A new ad the Clinton camp will air is called Just One, as in: “All it takes is one wrong move. Just one”… |
| The ad is running in Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina and Omaha, Nebraska. Prominently excluded from that list: Virginia (where polling averages have Clinton up 8 points) and Colorado (ditto). | The ad is running in Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, North Carolina and Omaha, Nebraska. Prominently excluded from that list: Virginia (where polling averages have Clinton up 8 points) and Colorado (ditto). |
| Trump teases dirt on TV hosts | Trump teases dirt on TV hosts |
| A day after his newly minted campaign manager told a Sunday show host that “he doesn’t hurl personal insults”, Trump, apparently riled by something he saw on the MSNBC program Morning Joe, tweeted that he would “tell the real story” of the show’s hosts “when things calm down”. | A day after his newly minted campaign manager told a Sunday show host that “he doesn’t hurl personal insults”, Trump, apparently riled by something he saw on the MSNBC program Morning Joe, tweeted that he would “tell the real story” of the show’s hosts “when things calm down”. |
| Trump may have been reacting to this segment (although who knows how Trump’s brain cooks tweets): | Trump may have been reacting to this segment (although who knows how Trump’s brain cooks tweets): |
| .@rickwtyler: Reince Preibus sort of talked about Trump 'as if he graduated from diapers to big boy pants' https://t.co/5NlRA9O5L7 | .@rickwtyler: Reince Preibus sort of talked about Trump 'as if he graduated from diapers to big boy pants' https://t.co/5NlRA9O5L7 |
| Some day, when things calm down, I'll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns! | Some day, when things calm down, I'll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns! |
| Donald Trump’s life lately: totally craaazzzy. He just wants to be elected president so all you people will go away and he can spill the beans about Joe and Mika, presumably in his first turn in the Brady briefing room. | Donald Trump’s life lately: totally craaazzzy. He just wants to be elected president so all you people will go away and he can spill the beans about Joe and Mika, presumably in his first turn in the Brady briefing room. |
| Trump wriggles on deportation plan | Trump wriggles on deportation plan |
| Trump may also be reversing himself on a call to deport undocumented migrants: | Trump may also be reversing himself on a call to deport undocumented migrants: |
| Thanks for reading, and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading, and please join us in the comments. |