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Rush87 · 2016-10-16 09:33:00 · #3926
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: 2016-02-08 00:31
Subject: Be very very careful


In the last 48 hours a) Hillary and her campaign have begun to question Bernie's integrity and b) older feminists are beginning a civil war against younger women with idiot comments such as younger women support Bernie to get laid. What would be the reaction if Bill Clinton, George Bush or Harry Reid comments such as this? Or that younger women must support Hillary for the sole reason that she is a woman?

Team Clinton has no idea the danger they are causing of creating such an intense antipathy towards Hillary that many Bernie supporters and younger women will not vote for her in November. I had coffee today with a female college senior who is an intern with the Obama administration---the daughter of a Democrat who has worked for senior Democrats who asked me to look after her while she is in Washington, who told me "I just hate her so much I might even vote for a Republican but I will never vote for her." And she doesn't even support Bernie.

Would you like a sample of what Bernie and liberals will say about Hillary if they angrily feel she is questioning Bernie's integrity?

The idea of the campaign for the candidate who could become the first woman president initiating a civil war between older women and younger women over her candidacy is political malpractice that leaves me speechless.

My phone is ringing off the hook with establishment Democrats who she thinks support her, who are appalled and alarmed by the kind of campaign she is running....more than one of them has said I could quote them by name, that's how appalled and alarmed they are, and I told them to calm down and tell the Clintons directly what they think, but not go public right now....
philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 09:35:00 · #3927
(10-16-2016 09:33 AM)Rush87 Wrote:  
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Date: 2016-02-08 00:31
Subject: Be very very careful


In the last 48 hours a) Hillary and her campaign have begun to question Bernie's integrity and b) older feminists are beginning a civil war against younger women with idiot comments such as younger women support Bernie to get laid. What would be the reaction if Bill Clinton, George Bush or Harry Reid comments such as this? Or that younger women must support Hillary for the sole reason that she is a woman?

Team Clinton has no idea the danger they are causing of creating such an intense antipathy towards Hillary that many Bernie supporters and younger women will not vote for her in November. I had coffee today with a female college senior who is an intern with the Obama administration---the daughter of a Democrat who has worked for senior Democrats who asked me to look after her while she is in Washington, who told me "I just hate her so much I might even vote for a Republican but I will never vote for her." And she doesn't even support Bernie.

Would you like a sample of what Bernie and liberals will say about Hillary if they angrily feel she is questioning Bernie's integrity?

The idea of the campaign for the candidate who could become the first woman president initiating a civil war between older women and younger women over her candidacy is political malpractice that leaves me speechless.

My phone is ringing off the hook with establishment Democrats who she thinks support her, who are appalled and alarmed by the kind of campaign she is running....more than one of them has said I could quote them by name, that's how appalled and alarmed they are, and I told them to calm down and tell the Clintons directly what they think, but not go public right now....

Oh man that is just deliciously demoralizing.

Fuck you, democrats, for standing behind this horrible remnant of a human so that you can pass millions of shekels around.
Rush87 · 2016-10-16 09:36:00 · #3928
Quote:HRC and economy

From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-07-02 20:51
Subject: HRC and economy


John,

I would suggest HRC dramatize a call for a new jobs plan, esp. infrastructure, and
key point give major focus to the theme Do Not Leave Anyone Behind. Major media
misses the point of why so many Americans say they are unhappy with the economy
and right track, wrong track. Economy is not nearly as strong for a large number of
Americans as the topline economic data would suggest. Key data in today's jobless
numbers are the historically low labor participation rate and flat wages (when the
daily cost of living is higher than top line inflation data suggest).


Re labor participation some of it is retiring boomers, but a lot of it involves workers
who are psychologically depressed or can't find acceptable work and are no longer counted in jobless data, and also jobless claims data because long ago the time
period for their jobless benefits ran out (I did everything I could to get Democrats
to make this an issue prior to 2014 midterms but nobody cared).


Remember in Argentina and other Latin nations in the 1980's we had the "disappeared" who dictatorships imprisoned and they just disappeared.

Today in America we have economically disappeared, they don't score in jobs numbers or jobless claims numbers, they are a lost generation within the larger
generation, Obama never talks about them because he wants to claim credit for
the economy.

My suggestion: Hillary directly address them personally, politically and with economic
ideas aimed to help them. For this large swath of Americans we are still in recession
and HRC should be their champion......

Sent from my iPad
Slim Shady · 2016-10-16 09:58:00 · #3929
The amount of cognitive dissonance some people are showing by straight up discounting the WikiLeaks as Russian fakes is staggering.

The mental gymnastics your mind will do to protect you from the truth.
CynicalContrarian · 2016-10-16 10:00:00 · #3930
Control The Record better call in it's top tier admin staff :

@0HOUR1__ · 1m1 minute ago

"http://correctrecord.org/wp-login.php?wpe-login=correct2016 …
CTRADMIN = USER
PASSWORD = BRUTE THAT SHIT ANONS
#ANONYMOUS
SENTINEL FIRE THE MACHINE!"
CynicalContrarian · 2016-10-16 10:01:00 · #3931
(10-16-2016 09:58 AM)Slim Shady Wrote:  The amount of cognitive dissonance some people are showing by straight up discounting the WikiLeaks as Russian fakes is staggering.

The mental gymnastics your mind will do to protect you from the truth.

Cause we all know the Russians love to make up stories about Rupert Murdoch baptizing his kids as catholic & how that's a backward thing...
Slim Shady · 2016-10-16 10:11:00 · #3932
This, after Clinton straight up admitted to the emails being real during the debate, when she talked about Abraham Lincoln instead of discrediting the authenticity of the emails!

(10-16-2016 10:01 AM)CynicalContrarian Wrote:  
(10-16-2016 09:58 AM)Slim Shady Wrote:  The amount of cognitive dissonance some people are showing by straight up discounting the WikiLeaks as Russian fakes is staggering.

The mental gymnastics your mind will do to protect you from the truth.

Cause we all know the Russians love to make up stories about Rupert Murdoch baptizing his kids as catholic & how that's a backward thing...
CynicalContrarian · 2016-10-16 10:16:00 · #3933
Hillary struggles with youth support in Virginia :

> From: *Kathleen Merrigan* <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, February 15, 2016
> Subject: wanting to help
> To: [email protected]

"I joined a phone bank last night calling Virginia voters – nearly all of my electronic call sheets were for people over 60, with many in their late 80s and 90s. It caused me to have another sleepless night, anxious about the campaign."

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11464

Better check on frail Kathleen, noting the sorry state of Hillary's campaign these days...
philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 10:46:00 · #3934
The big one seems to be this: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11915

It goes over funding from foreign governments.

Here's the shocker:

NORTH KOREA discussed as a funding source.

Laugh3

Quote:On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Dennis Cheng <[email protected]> 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 < [email protected]> 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. Smile On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Marc Elias <[email protected]> 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 < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]
philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 10:56:00 · #3935
At a Giants game:

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philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 11:09:00 · #3936
(10-16-2016 08:02 AM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:  
(10-16-2016 07:31 AM)CynicalContrarian Wrote:  Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip...

Wkileaks Podesta email release 9 - https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/?3&...archresult

Hold on there, buddy! Don't you know it's ILLEGAL to look at these Wikileaks emails you damn criminal?!




Also:



philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 11:13:00 · #3937
This is basically the catholic church.

Catholic Chuch: We are the only ones able to interpret the bible. You must get your interpretation filtered through us first. Learn latin if you want to become educated, you peasant.

*bro invents printing press*

Catholic Church: Oh shit
CynicalContrarian · 2016-10-16 11:40:00 · #3938
Heh.
Hillary hates doing SNL :

Quote:Maybe she could do Funny or Die w/ Meyl Streep w/ the Galyfinakis (can't spell his name for he life of me) w it her. That would be Hilarious! And I still think she should do Season Opening of SNL. She hates this shit, but at the end of the day, nothing will move her personal numbers more. I think she's not inspiring people because it's hard to latch onto her - the person at her core - with all the swirl around.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11539
komatiite · 2016-10-16 12:05:00 · #3939
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociop...LTRA01.htm

This has been emerging a bit on Twitter, I actually was just watching golf lessons on Steve Elkingtons twitter (PGA Legend with top 5 purest swings up there with Nick Price and Louis Oosthuizen) and he retweeded the book excerpt from the link above (won't post due to NSFW)

Basically it is a woman who was a victim of government MK Ultra mind control who Hillary used as her sex slave, very creepy!

Her name is Cathy OBrien if you want to learn more.
Enoch · 2016-10-16 12:28:00 · #3940
^ this brentbbi guy sounds kind of woke, aware of middle class struggle unlike GOPe and Dem elites.

The Podesta email wishing a Muslim man were reporting on white gentile terrorism, instead of what actually happened in Florida, is most damaging so far (rhetoric over dialectic). Hope Trump team is on this.
budoslavic · 2016-10-16 13:14:00 · #3941
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/9572
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2016-01-17 00:41
Subject: Re:

You mean pissed? Got held by who? Hillary. God. Her instincts are suboptimal.

Pretty typical though. I would not be surprised if wjc told him to do it. Just as I'm pretty sure mark Penn didn't do his cocaine rang against Obama without some higher up approval.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:24 PM
John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am passed about one thing. I suggested doing that at 4:30 and got held
>

> On Saturday, January 16, 2016, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> well done tweet!
>
>
>

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/4697
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-08-12 22:49
Subject: Re: Why doesn't she just turn the server over to a third party at this point?

Done
so think about something else.

On Aug 12, 2015 8:22 PM, "Neera Tanden" <[email protected]> wrote:
> isn't it going to leak out of the FBI anyway?
>

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11136
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-08-22 11:24 Subject:
Re: Emails - my thoughts

Jen and I are in the same place. Trying to figure out how to get her there and best way to execute.

On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I know this email thing isn't on the level. I'm fully aware of that. But
> her inability to just do a national interview and communicate genuine
> feelings of remorse and regret is now, I fear, becoming a character problem
> (more so than honesty).
>
> People hate her arrogant, like her down. It's a sexist context, but I
> think it's the truth. I see no downside in her actually just saying, look,
> I'm sorry. I think it will take so much air out of this.
>
> She always sees herself bending to "their" will when she hands over
> information, etc. But the way she has to bend here is in the remorse. Not
> the "if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't do it." A real feeling
> of - this decision I made created a mess and I'm sorry I did that.
>
> No one thinks she doesn't have the judgment to be president - she's not
> reaffirming a negative characteristic in saying sorry. She needs to do
> that - I see no way of moving on until October otherwise.
>
> Anyway, that's my advice.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/7432
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2016-01-01 20:01
Subject: Re: New Clinton emails

Sid is lost in his own web of conspiracies. I pay zero attention to what he says.

On Friday, January 1, 2016, Brent Budowsky <[email protected]:

John, assume I wrote a thousand words about this. It is disquieting that when HRC was secretary of state she spent a good time of time doing gossip emails with Sid Blumenthal about various matters, the ubiquitous Lanny Davis shilling for himself in pathetic ways, and Neera Tanden gossiping about what Soros thinks of Obama. At least Tanden I regard as a serious person. Sid and Lanny I do not by standards of a secretary of state or potential president.

I was not in touch with you at the time of the healthcare debate, but what Sid suggests does not strike me as your style. I was in very regular and close touch with Daschle at the time, and he would never have said to the press what Sid suggests, and since I am in the press I know those were not his views. I guarantee that based on direct personal knowledge of Tom's views and actions at the time. Blumenthal did not have the slightest idea of what he was talking about in his girlie gossip with the secretary of state about this. Why she places such great stock over so much time in these exchanges with Blumenthal is mystifying to me---and frankly troublesome.

This whole subject, to use vernacular, gives me the creeps. Secretaries of state, presidential candidates and presidents should not be spending their time on this kind of minor league stuff.

Sent from my iPad

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/6144
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-01-18 11:17
Subject: Re:

Since you failed to convince Danielle, got other top tier suggestions?
JP

--Sent from my iPad--
[email protected]
For scheduling: [email protected]
> On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah I know you know it. But in case people feel intimidated in making direct comments to Hillaryland, I thought I'd let you know of grumbling I'm hearing directly. But maybe that was my mistake.

Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:40 PM, John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote:
Really, don't you think I know that?
JP

--Sent from my iPad--
[email protected] >>
For scheduling: [email protected] >>
On Jan 14, 2015, at 10:06 PM, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm not the diversity police but there is grumbling on the 4 white boys running next presidential cycle. So I recommend rolling out some people who look like the rest of America soon!
Sent from my iPhone
iop890 · 2016-10-16 13:18:00 · #3942
(10-16-2016 08:02 AM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:  
(10-16-2016 07:31 AM)CynicalContrarian Wrote:  Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip...

Wkileaks Podesta email release 9 - https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/?3&...archresult

Hold on there, buddy! Don't you know it's ILLEGAL to look at these Wikileaks emails you damn criminal?!




"It's different for the media..."

We've officially gone full 1984, guys.
TravelerKai · 2016-10-16 13:40:00 · #3943
(10-16-2016 08:01 AM)CynicalContrarian Wrote:  Re: black vote
"The black is obvious super critical."

"The black"...

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11152

I *think* that guy talking to him is this Frank White guy.

[Image: dcm-fw-254x300.jpg]

http://www.dusablecapital.com/our-team/

Quote:Frank White, Jr.

Founder & CEO

Frank White, Jr.Mr. White is the Founder and CEO of DuSable Capital Management and oversees all investments, investor relations, and operations at DuSable. Prior to founding DuSable, Mr. White founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Advanced Concepts, Inc. Under his leadership, the technology company evolved into a leading supplier of engineering and information technology support services to the Federal Government, primarily the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

ACI ranked amongst the Mid-Atlantic’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Businesses for eight-consecutive years. With approximately 400 employees, ACI was ultimately acquired and is now part of BAE Systems, a multi billion dollar international defense company. Mr. White has previously been recognized as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Maryland Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Mr. White was the National Vice-Chair of President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and served as a Co-Chair for President Obama’s 2013 Inauguration Committee as well.

Mr. White earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.

Mr. White also completed the Executive Education Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Not sure what use there is in knowing who he is, in the grand scheme of things, but he might be a potential person we have to worry about in the future quite possibly. He may not be a bad dude at all, just a black Democrat with alot of money.
TravelerKai · 2016-10-16 14:00:00 · #3944
(10-16-2016 12:28 PM)Enoch Wrote:  ^ this brentbbi guy sounds kind of woke, aware of middle class struggle unlike GOPe and Dem elites.

The Podesta email wishing a Muslim man were reporting on white gentile terrorism, instead of what actually happened in Florida, is most damaging so far (rhetoric over dialectic). Hope Trump team is on this.

He's basically like an old evil-ish liberal version of Lizard of Oz or Samseau. There are not many women in the liberal space that are this dangerous that I can think of. Jessica Valenti, might be the closest one I think of. He writes strong takes and he is definitely "woke", except he would rather further degeneracy and their monied interests, even though they know what is truly better for a society.

While most people are feminist, liberal, etc. out of sheer ignorance or stupidity, guys like him are technically our worst enemies, because they are clever enough to match our firepower in terms of rhetoric. These guys work in the background so it is kinda rare to see one in action. Obama's campaign had a few, David Axelrod himself is one for sure.
Fisto · 2016-10-16 14:10:00 · #3945
Rush, would you mind including a link to the email?

I'm on twitter hash tagging the shit out of stuff that is getting a lot of retweets.
Fisto · 2016-10-16 14:19:00 · #3946
(10-16-2016 01:14 PM)budoslavic Wrote:  https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/9572
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2016-01-17 00:41
Subject: Re:

You mean pissed? Got held by who? Hillary. God. Her instincts are suboptimal.

Pretty typical though. I would not be surprised if wjc told him to do it. Just as I'm pretty sure mark Penn didn't do his cocaine rang against Obama without some higher up approval.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:24 PM
John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am passed about one thing. I suggested doing that at 4:30 and got held
>

> On Saturday, January 16, 2016, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> well done tweet!
>
>
>

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/4697
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-08-12 22:49
Subject: Re: Why doesn't she just turn the server over to a third party at this point?

Done
so think about something else.

On Aug 12, 2015 8:22 PM, "Neera Tanden" <[email protected]> wrote:
> isn't it going to leak out of the FBI anyway?
>

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/11136
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-08-22 11:24 Subject:
Re: Emails - my thoughts

Jen and I are in the same place. Trying to figure out how to get her there and best way to execute.

On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I know this email thing isn't on the level. I'm fully aware of that. But
> her inability to just do a national interview and communicate genuine
> feelings of remorse and regret is now, I fear, becoming a character problem
> (more so than honesty).
>
> People hate her arrogant, like her down. It's a sexist context, but I
> think it's the truth. I see no downside in her actually just saying, look,
> I'm sorry. I think it will take so much air out of this.
>
> She always sees herself bending to "their" will when she hands over
> information, etc. But the way she has to bend here is in the remorse. Not
> the "if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't do it." A real feeling
> of - this decision I made created a mess and I'm sorry I did that.
>
> No one thinks she doesn't have the judgment to be president - she's not
> reaffirming a negative characteristic in saying sorry. She needs to do
> that - I see no way of moving on until October otherwise.
>
> Anyway, that's my advice.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/7432
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2016-01-01 20:01
Subject: Re: New Clinton emails

Sid is lost in his own web of conspiracies. I pay zero attention to what he says.

On Friday, January 1, 2016, Brent Budowsky <[email protected]:

John, assume I wrote a thousand words about this. It is disquieting that when HRC was secretary of state she spent a good time of time doing gossip emails with Sid Blumenthal about various matters, the ubiquitous Lanny Davis shilling for himself in pathetic ways, and Neera Tanden gossiping about what Soros thinks of Obama. At least Tanden I regard as a serious person. Sid and Lanny I do not by standards of a secretary of state or potential president.

I was not in touch with you at the time of the healthcare debate, but what Sid suggests does not strike me as your style. I was in very regular and close touch with Daschle at the time, and he would never have said to the press what Sid suggests, and since I am in the press I know those were not his views. I guarantee that based on direct personal knowledge of Tom's views and actions at the time. Blumenthal did not have the slightest idea of what he was talking about in his girlie gossip with the secretary of state about this. Why she places such great stock over so much time in these exchanges with Blumenthal is mystifying to me---and frankly troublesome.

This whole subject, to use vernacular, gives me the creeps. Secretaries of state, presidential candidates and presidents should not be spending their time on this kind of minor league stuff.

Sent from my iPad

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/6144
Quote:From:[email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: 2015-01-18 11:17
Subject: Re:

Since you failed to convince Danielle, got other top tier suggestions?
JP

--Sent from my iPad--
[email protected]
For scheduling: [email protected]
> On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah I know you know it. But in case people feel intimidated in making direct comments to Hillaryland, I thought I'd let you know of grumbling I'm hearing directly. But maybe that was my mistake.

Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:40 PM, John Podesta <[email protected]> wrote:
Really, don't you think I know that?
JP

--Sent from my iPad--
[email protected] >>
For scheduling: [email protected] >>
On Jan 14, 2015, at 10:06 PM, Neera Tanden <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm not the diversity police but there is grumbling on the 4 white boys running next presidential cycle. So I recommend rolling out some people who look like the rest of America soon!
Sent from my iPhone

I just tagged Neera Tandan in all those emails on twitter Banana
budoslavic · 2016-10-16 15:14:00 · #3947
Still looking through the WikiLeaks email. Meanwhile...

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kbell · 2016-10-16 15:32:00 · #3948
I wish I got free dental services.
philosophical_recovery · 2016-10-16 15:35:00 · #3949


Adonis · 2016-10-16 16:02:00 · #3950
Quid pro quo, eh? We call that "pay for play" folks!

Fox: New FBI files contain allegations of 'quid pro quo' in Clinton's emails

Quote:FBI interview summaries and notes, provided late Friday to the House Government Oversight and Intelligence Committees, contain allegations of a "quid pro quo" between a senior State Department executive and FBI agents during the Hillary Clinton email investigation, two congressional sources told Fox News.

"This is a flashing red light of potential criminality," Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, who has been briefed on the FBI interviews, told Fox News.

He said "there was an alleged quid pro quo” involving Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy and the FBI “over at least one classified email.”

“In return for altering the classification, the possibility of additional slots for the FBI at missions overseas was discussed,” Chaffetz said.

As Fox News previously reported, interviews released earlier this month, known as 302s, reveal the serious allegation that Kennedy applied pressure to subordinates to change classified email codes so they would be shielded from Congress and the public. Fox News was told as far back as August 2015 that Kennedy was running interference on Capitol Hill. But Kennedy, in his FBI interview on Dec. 21, 2015, “categorically rejected” allegations of classified code tampering.

Chaffetz has not read the new documents, which include classified records that must be read in a security facility. But based on a briefing from staffers, Chaffetz said there are grounds for at least "four hearings" after the recess. Chaffetz, who is currently out of town campaigning, said allegations came from witnesses though there is some conflict in the record.

"Both myself and Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are infuriated by what we have heard," he added.

"Left to their own devices the FBI would never have provided these [records] to Congress and waited until the last minute. This is the third batch because [the FBI] didn’t think they were relevant," Chaffetz said.

The second congressional source backed the assessment, and both added that they expect the FBI interviews will be released as early as Monday as part of ongoing FOIA requests.

A spokesperson at the FBI provided a lengthy statement to Fox Saturday night -- disputing Chaffetz's characterization and stating that, while the conversation did happen, the two issues discussed were not connected. The FBI's statement is below:

"Prior to the initiation of the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s personal email server, the FBI was asked to review and make classification determinations on FBI emails and information which were being produced by the State Department pursuant to FOIA. The FBI determined that one such email was classified at the Secret level.

A senior State Department official requested the FBI re-review that email to determine whether it was in fact classified or whether it might be protected from release under a different FOIA exemption. A now-retired FBI official, who was not part of the subsequent Clinton investigation, told the State Department official that they would look into the matter. Having been previously unsuccessful in attempts to speak with the senior State official, during the same conversation, the FBI official asked the State Department official if they would address a pending, unaddressed FBI request for space for additional FBI employees assigned abroad.

Following the call, the FBI official consulted with a senior FBI executive responsible for determining the classification of the material and determined the email was in fact appropriately classified at the Secret level. The FBI official subsequently told the senior State official that the email was appropriately classified at the Secret level and that the FBI would not change the classification of the email.

The classification of the email was not changed, and it remains classified today. Although there was never a quid pro quo, these allegations were nonetheless referred to the appropriate officials for review."

The State Department provided a response Sunday but it did not directly address the alleged discussion of more overseas postings for FBI agents.

“This allegation is inaccurate and does not align with the facts,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said. “To be clear: the State Department did upgrade the document at the request of the FBI when we released it back in May 2015.”
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