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Friday, May 5, 2017 11:15 AM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) Cc Zapotosky, Matt From: Zapotosky,Matt Sent: Friday,May5,201711:15AM To: Flores,SarahIsgur(OPA) Cc: Prior,Ian(OPA) Subject: RE:pitch Noworries.I’vegotplentyofmaterial,justgivesitmorepunchwithofficialsvoices.Hopefullywecanmakeoneof thesehappensometime. From: Flores,SarahIsgur(O PA)[mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday,May05,201711:14AM To: Zapotosky,Matt<[email protected] > Cc: Prior,Ian(O PA)<[email protected]> Subject: RE:pitch Doesn’tlooklikewecanmakeithappen.Sorry.Ialsothinkalotofthishasbeenbroadlycoveredeveninthepress releaseonSterlingintermsofthelegalrequirements…sohopefullythatgivesyousomethingtoworkfrom. *** Sarah Isgur Flores Director of Public Affairs (b) (6) From: Zapotosky,Matt[ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday,May5,20179:14AM To: Flores,SarahIsgur(O PA) < s [email protected]> Cc: Prior,Ian(O PA) <[email protected] > Subject: Re:pitch Justcheckingin--thissomethingyouthinkwecanmakehappentoday? SentfrommyiPhone OMay4,2017,at11:48AM,Flores,SarahIsgur(On PA)< S [email protected]>wrote: Andwouldthisbeonbackgroundnotforattributionsoyoucanlearnaboutitorareyoulookingfor someoneontherecord? *** Sarah Isgur Flores Director of Public Affairs (b) (6) 8 From: Zapotosky,Matt[ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday,May4,201711:46AM To: Flores,SarahIsgur(O PA) <[email protected] >;Prior,Ian(O PA) < [email protected] > Subject: RE:pitch Document ID: 0.7.22207.36178 I’dhopetostrikewhiletheironishot likebeforetheweekend,ifpossible. From: Flores,SarahIsgur(O PA)[ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday,May04,201711:46AM To: Zapotosky,Matt< [email protected]>;Prior,Ian(O PA) <[email protected] > Subject: RE:pitch Letmeask.IknowthismorningtheyrestilltravelingbackfromBatonRouge.What’syourtimeframe? *** Sarah Isgur Flores Director of Public Affairs (b) (6) 8 From: Zapotosky,Matt[ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday,May4,201711:44AM To: Flores,SarahIsgur(O PA) <[email protected] >;Prior,Ian(O PA) <[email protected] > Subject: pitch HeyIanandSarah I’mbrainstormingastorythatlooksbroadlyathowharditistosubstantiatecivilrightschargesagainst policeofficers,butI’mwondering,mightIbeabletositdownwithsomeoneintheCivilRightsDivision andtalk(evenifjustingeneralterms)aboutthattopic?Irealizetheycouldn’tcommentonacaselike Sterling,whichhasthatongoingelementwiththestateAG,butmaybetheycouldtalkaboutpastcases andjustthelegalchallengesofbringingprosecutionsininstanceslikethese? Icanobviouslygetoutsideexpertstodothat andImightdothatanywayifyouwon’tmakesomeone available.Butit’dbealotmorepowerfultoheartheexperiencesofpeopledoingtheworkrightnow. Manythanks, Matt Zapotosky | TheWashingtonPost (b) (6) (cell) (202)334-5873(office) Document ID: 0.7.22207.36178 Helderman, Rosalind From: Helderman, Rosalind Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 4:39 PM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) Subject: Re: WaPo inquiry Okay, thank you for that. You should know that as we do our reporting, as I mentioned,we've heard from a number ofpeople who have mentioned Gen. Sessions among thoseas involved with thisess. proc That was one reason Ihad thought he might appreciate the pportunity o to c larifyhis role. In any ase, c we'll be finishing this up next week--perhaps cle bac I'll moreirc k one time before deadline. Take are,c Roz From: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) <[email protected] ov> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 4:29:04 PM To: Helderman, Rosalind Subject: RE: WaPo inquiry We’ll decline to comment. Thanks. *** Sarah Isgur Flores Director of Public Affairs (b) (6) From: Helderman, Rosalind mailto:[email protected] [ ] Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 4:28 PM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) <[email protected]> Subject: Fw:WaPoinquiry Sarah--I wanted to pingyou about the followinginquiry? We'll be workingon this story next week too, if you're still workingon it. But I wanted to be sure you had seen it and ask if you had any questions about it? Many thanks, Rosalind Helderman From: Helderman, Rosalind Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 4:39 PM To: [email protected] ov Subject: WaPoinquiry Hi Sarah-- I'm workingon a Washington Post story and wanted to reach out for your help. We're attemptingto recreate how the list of informal campaigforeigpolicyn n advisers that President Trump announced in March 2016 came tog ether. Cartere, whosePag name appeared on that list, seems to have injected some perhaps unnecessary mystery into discussions of that process by continually refusingto disclose who was his first contact at the campaign. Our guess is that the process was actually far less mysterious than his reticence would g est,su g we'reso trying to reach out to everyone involvedwho was with the campaigatn Document ID: 0.7.22207.36227 thattime and asktheir memories. General Sessions was, ofcourse, newlynamed a campaigadvisern around thattime. Afewpeople have told us thattheybelieve he played a role in helpingto compile thatlist. Can you help me understand ifthat's true?Can you walkme throug hhis memories ofwho atthen campaigdiscussed the namingofthatgroup before PresidentTrumppublicized it?Does he recall ifmembers ofthe informal group were interviewed or otherwise vetted?I knowGen. Sessions joined PresidentTrump atthe firstmeetingofthatg roup, held that same dayin Washington. Whatdoes he remember aboutthat ?Specifically, meeting as itrelates toCarter Page, hadGen. Sessions ever heard ofhim to his prior appointmenttothe roup?Who g atthe campaighadn methim and howdid he land on the list? I'm at(202) 334-9562 in the(b) office (6) an bycell. Thankyou somuch! Rosalind Helderman Staffwriter Document ID: 0.7.22207.36227 Tucker, Eric From: Tucker, Eric Sent: Monday, May8, 2017 9:19 AM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) Subject: good morning Hithere, hopeyou had g a ood weekend. Doyou haveaquicksecondforaphonechataboutsomethingupcoming thisweek?I’m on mycella (b) (6) Eric Document ID: 0.7.22207.36336 Zapotosky, Matt From: Zapotosky, Matt Sent: Monday, May8, 2017 8:17 PM To: Prior, Ian (OPA) Cc: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA) Subject: Re: appropriations bill/medical marijuana Tomorrow?I knowI sentitat5 tonight, so it's notfor today. Sentfrom myiPhone On May8, 2017, at8:13 PM, Prior, [email protected] Ian (OPA) <>wrote: Whatis your deadline? Ian D. Prior Principal DeputyDirector ofPublic Affairs Office: 202.616.0911 Cel(b) (6) On May8, 2017, at5:36 PM, Matt< Zapotosky, [email protected] > wrote: HeyIanand Sarah Alittle late to the partyonthis, butdo youguys/the attorneygeneralhave a positiononthis sectionofthe appropriations bill thatdeals withmedical marijuana?IfI’m understanding itright, itprevents youfrom using funds to preventimplementationofmedical marijuana laws. Thatseems like something theAG mightnotbe too thrilled about. Canyougive me asense ofwhatyouread as thatstopping youfrom doing? Canyounownotsue states who have these laws, orenforce federallawin those states?Does thatAGhave anystatementonthis? Here’s the thumbnailsummaryfrom aWhite House doconit: “DivisionB, section537provides thatthe DepartmentofJustice maynotuse Document ID: 0.7.22207.36467 suo i ravybswala nau j i raml ac i demfono i ta t nemel pmi t neverpo tsdnu fyna ymht iwyl t ne t s i snocno i s i vorps ih t taer t l liwI. se i ro t i r re tdnas eta tS . de t ucexeyl l u f h t i a febs wale ht tah te race ka to ty t i l i b i snopser l ano i t u t i t snoc https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/05/statement-president- donald-j-trump-signing-hr-244-law[whitehouse.gov]” Manythanks, Matt Zapotosky | TheWashington Post (b) (6) (cell) (202) 334-5873 (office) Document ID: 0.7.22207.36467 Tucker, Eric From: Tucker, Eric Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 10:12 PM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur (OPA); Carr, Peter (OPA) Cc: Prior, Ian (OPA) Subject: RE: Sessions/Kislyak inquiry OK, thanks Sarah. I figure this had come up before in some other context. Eric From: Flores,SarahIsgur(OPA)[mailto:[email protected]] S nt: Monday,M ay08, 20179:05 PM To: Tucker,Eric; Carr,Peter(OPA) Cc: Prior,Ian(OPA) Subj ct: RE: Sessions/Kislyakinquiry Deep background others have brought up this event as a place where they may well have been at the same event even at the same time, but did not meet. There was a hold room where the Senator was with staff and those staff remember the conversations he had with Jared and some other family members as well as a different ambassador. But they (the staff) were all unaware of whether Kislyak was there and didn’t meet him. *** Sarah Isgur Flores Director of Public Affairs (b) (6) From: Tucker, Eric [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 7:13 PM To: Flores, Sarah Isgur <[email protected]>; (OPA) Carr, Peter (OPA) <[email protected]> Cc: Prior, Ian (OPA) <[email protected]> Subject: Sessions/Kislyak inquiry Hi Sarah and Peter, I know you guys were very involved in responding to inquiries in early March regarding meetings between Attorney General Sessions and Sergey Kislyak. Sen. Whitehouse today seemed to make reference to a third such encounter, but I wanted to run this past you and see if it was familiar to you: OnApril27,2016Trumpandseveralofhisadvisers,includingJeffSessions,metSergeyK islyak, Russia's ambassadortoUnitedStatesbeforeacampaignspeech.ThespeechwhichwashostedbytheCenterfor theNationalInteresthadbeenarrangedbyTrump'ssoninlaw,JaredK ushner . KislyakattendedtheTrump RepublicanconventionandhetoldtheWashingtonPostthathehadmultiplecontactswiththeTrump campaignbothbeforeandaftertheelection. Document ID: 0.7.22207.14287 Perez, Evan From: Perez, Evan
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