Unlikeable (21 page)

That was the same answer
:
Sharyl Attkisson, “8 Times Obama Says He Was Way Out of the Loop,”
SharylAttkisson.com
, March 9, 2015,
https://sharylattkisson.com/8-times-obama-says-he-was-way-out-of-the-loop/
.

“The White House explicitly warned Hillary”
:
Interview with White House source who spoke with Valerie Jarrett and requested anonymity.

“That I don't know”
:
Andrew Kirell, “Valerie Jarrett: ‘I Don't Know' If Obama Officials Ever Received Emails from Hillary,” Mediaite, March 6, 2015,
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/valerie-jarrett-i-dont-know-if-obama-admin-officials-ever-received-emails-from-hillary/
.

“thug”
:
Interview with a source close to Valerie Jarrett who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Now, Jarrett said, pacing the floor
:
Ibid.

“As much as I've been investigated”
:
Andrew Kaczynski, “In 2000 Video Hillary Clinton Says She Doesn't ‘Do Email' Because of Investigations into Her,” BuzzFeed, March 4, 2015,
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/watch-an-old-home-movie-from-2000-where-hillary-clinton-said#.bsxykW2kpG
.

“It is the department's general policy”
:
Jonathan Karl, “Hillary Clinton Was in Violation of State Dept. Policy for Nearly 6 Years,” ABC World News, March 5, 2015,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-violation-state-dept-policy-years/story?id=29424270
.

“Based upon my first-hand involvement”
:
Bob Cusack and Molly K. Hooper, “The Hillary Backer Who Will Pose Problems for Her 2016 bid,”
Hill
, March 26, 2015,
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/237012-the-backer-who-could-hurt-hillary
.

“Her admitted destruction”
:
Ronald D. Rotunda, “Hillary's Emails and the Law,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 16, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ronald-d-rotunda-hillarys-emails-and-the-law-1426547356
.

“Lack of speed kills in this case”
:
Adam Edelman, “‘Lack of Speed Kills in This Case': Former Obama Adviser Axelrod Blasts Clinton Team for Not Responding Better to Email Allegations,”
New York Daily News
, March 5, 2015,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/axelrod-rips-clinton-weak-response-email-allegations-article-1.2138537
.

But Hillary hadn't given a political press conference
:
Glenn Thrush and Gabriel Debenedetti, “Hillary Clinton: I Used Private Email Account for ‘Convenience,'”
Politico
, March 10, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-email-press-conference-115947.html
.

The legal “review did not involve”
:
Conor Friedersdorf, “Hillary Clinton's Questionable Process for Sorting Work Emails,”
Atlantic
, March 13, 2015,
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/03/hillary-clintons-laughable-process-for-flagging-work-emails/387670/
.

“The idea that such a process”
:
Ibid.

“When Hillary first approached the podium”
:
Ashe Schow, “Hillary Clinton Just Isn't That Likable,”
Washington Examiner
, March 12, 2015,
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-clinton-just-isnt-that-likable/article/2561405
.

“was an unmistakable message”
:
John F. Harris, “Go to Hell,”
Politico
, March 10 2015,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-press-conference-115958.html#.VcDzSJNViko
.

“Clinton put on a clinic”
:
Rem Rieder, “Rieder: The Lessons of Hillary's Press Debacle,”
USA Today
, March 11, 2015,
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2015/03/11/lessons-of-clinton-press-debacle/70141582/
.

CHAPTER 16: “SKIN IN THE GAME”

There were several problems with this cozy arrangement
:
Nicholas Confessore and Michael S. Schmidt, “Clinton Friend's Memos on Libya Draw Scrutiny to Politics and Business,”
New York Times
, May 18, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/us/politics/clinton-friends-libya-role-blurs-lines-of-politics-and-business.html
.

Blumenthal worked for two companies
:
Michael S. Schmidt, “What Sidney Blumenthal's Memos to Hillary Clinton Said, and How They Were Handled,”
New York Times
, May 18, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/us/politics/what-sidney-blumenthals-memos-to-hillary-clinton-said-and-how-they-were-handled.html
.

“encapsulates everything wrong”
:
Rich Lowry, “Sidney Blumenthal, the Clinton Foundation at Work,”
National Review
, May 19, 2015,
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/418602/sidney-blumenthal-clinton-foundation-work-rich-lowry
.

Hillary lied when she said
:
Edward Klein,
Blood Feud
(Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2014).

As for McAuliffe
:
Kenric Ward, “Ties That Bind: Following the McAuliffe-Clinton Money Trail,”
Watchdog.org
, October 29, 2013,
http://watchdog.org/113331/clinton-mcauliffe/
.

According to a report by the inspector general
:
Steve Eder, “Tony Rodham's Ties Invite Scrutiny for Hillary and Bill Clinton,”
New York Times
, May 10, 2015,
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/us/politics/tony-rodhams-ties-invite-scrutiny-forhillary-and-bill-clinton.html
.

“the governor of Haiti”
:
Garry Pierre-Pierre, “Our Man in Haiti: Bill Clinton,”
Americas Quarterly
, Fall 2009,
http://www.americasquarterly.org/garry-pierre-pierre-haiti
.

“The two agencies in the world”
:
Philip Rucker, “Haiti Holds a Special Place in the Hearts of Bill and Hillary Clinton,”
Washington Post
, January 16, 2010,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503820.html
.

“I deal through the Clinton Foundation”
:
Eder, “Tony Rodham's Ties.”

A one-time adviser to Sani Abacha
:
“Hillary Clinton's Culture of Corruption May Doom Her Candidacy,”
Investor's Business Daily
, March 26, 2015,
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/032615-745365-hillary-clinton-tony-rodham-terry-mcauliffe.htm?p=2
.

“He's not Boko Haram”
:
Daniel Wiser, “Senator Highlights Clinton Ties to Nigerian Donor: Vitter Investigates Clinton's Reluctance to Designate Boko Haram as Terrorist Group,” Washington Free Beacon, March 25, 2015,
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/senator-highlights-clinton-ties-to-nigerian-donor/
.

In return for the favor
:
Peter Schweizer,
Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich
(New York: HarperCollins, 2015).

“As the Russians gradually assumed control”
:
Jo Becker and Mike McIntire, “The Clintons, the Russians and Uranium,”
New York Times
, April 24, 2015.

The donations were routed
:
Sean Davis, “Is the Clinton Foundation Just an International Money Laundering Scheme?,” Federalist, April 29, 2915,
http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/29/is-the-clinton-foundation-just-an-international-money-laundering-scheme/
.

The news was a political bombshell
:
Joshua Green and Richard Rubin, “Clinton Foundation Failed to Disclose 1,100 Foreign Donations,” Bloomberg Politics, April 29, 2015,
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-29/clinton-foundation-failed-to-disclose-1-100-foreign-donations
.

“Rather than taking cash”
:
Davis, “Is the Clinton Foundation Just an International Money Laundering Scheme?”

The Charity Navigator
:
Gabriel Sherman, “The Clinton Foundation's behind-the-Scenes Battle with a Charity Watchdog Group,”
New York
magazine, May 10, 2015,
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/clinton-foundation-vs-a-charity-watchdog.html
.

“I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency”
:
Peggy Noonan, “How the Clintons Get Away with It,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 9, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-clintons-get-away-with-it-1431035304
.

Qatar's winning committee suddenly ponied up
:
Jackie Kucinich, “Corrupt FIFA Has Clinton Foundation Ties; World Cup Host Qatar Gave Millions,” Daily Beast, May 27, 2015,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/27/corrupt-fifa-has-clinton-foundation-ties-world-cup-host-qatar-gave-millions.html
.

The story of Hillary's dodgy behavior
:
Kimberley A. Strassel, “Hillary's Friends in High Places,”
Wall Street Journal,
July 30, 2015,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillarys-friends-in-high-places-1438301383
.

“It never seems to end”
:
Tom Bevan, “Will Steady Drip of Foundation Stories Soak Clinton?,” RealClearPolitics, May 29, 2015,
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/29/will_steady_drip_of_foundation_stories_soak_clinton_126774.html
.

CHAPTER 17: A “CLASSIC WASHINGTON OMELETTE”

“The Clintons have been sent off”
:
Matt Latimer, “Scandals Only Make the Clintons Stronger,”
Politico
magazine, June 7, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/scandals-clintons-stronger-2016-foundation-president-118683.html#.VcD6C5NViko
.

The Clinton's battle-tested strategy was simple
:
Margaret Carlson, “Hillary's Battle-Tested Strategy of Boredom,”
New York Post
, May 26, 2015.

“Republicans trying to turn the Benghazi attacks into a scandal”
:
Real Time with Bill Maher
, May 11, 2013.

“Hillary Clinton . . . is in a different position”
:
Michael Barone, “Clinton Defenders Advance an Unpersuasive Argument,”
Washington Examiner
, April 30, 2015,
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clinton-defenders-advance-an-unpersuasive-argument/article/2563730
.

According to a Quinnipiac poll
:
Quinnipiac University National poll, April 23, 2015.

“honest and trustworthy”
:
Zeke J. Miller, “Clinton Faces Biggest Threat from Rubio and Paul in New Poll,”
Time
, May 28, 2015,
http://time.com/3899309/hillary-clinton-marco-rubio-rand-paul/
.

Yet another poll
:
Lisa Lerer and Emily Swanson, “AP-GfK Poll: Doubts about Clinton's Honesty after Emails,” Associated Press, May 1, 2015,
http://ap-gfkpoll.com/uncategorized/ap-gfk-poll-doubts-about-clintons-honesty-after-emails
.

In late July
:
Niall Stanage, “Dem Fears over Clinton's Strength Grow after New Poll,”
Hill
, July 22, 2015,
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248907-dem-fears-over-clintons-strength-grow-after-new-poll
.

“Up until now”
:
Charlie Cook, “Is Clinton's Tide Shifting?,”
National Journal
, July 27, 2015,
http://www.nationaljournal.com/off-to-the-races/is-clinton-s-tide-shifting-20150727
.

Going one step further
:
Gabriel Schoenfeld, “Hillary Clinton's Email Woes Will Worsen: Why She Could Still Be in Serious Jeopardy,”
New York Daily News
, August 3, 2015,
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gabriel-schoenfeld-hillary-clinton-email-woes-worsen-article-1.2311178
.

“We . . . see a pattern of financial transactions”
:
Peter Schweizer,
Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich
(New York: HarperCollins, 2015).

“It is highly unlikely”
:
Michael Hirsch, “Bill and Hillary's Excellent Adventure,”
Politico
magazine, April 25, 2015,
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/bill-hillary-clinton-state-dept-117336.html#
.VcD6jpNViko.

CHAPTER 18: THE SMOLDERING GUN?

“I worked for Hillary”
:
Interview with a State Department intern who requested anonymity.

“During her last year at the State Department”
:
Interview with a veteran Foreign Service officer who requested anonymity.

“When she flew on her Air Force C-32”
:
Interview with a Foreign Service officer who requested anonymity.

PART V: PICKING UP THE PIECES

CHAPTER 19: THE POLITICAL ANIMAL

“the best political animal that's ever been in American politics”
:
Geoffrey Dickens, “Charlie Rose to Bill Clinton: You Are the ‘Best Political Animal That's Ever Been,'” NewsBusters, Media Research Center, October 1, 2014,
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2014/10/01/charlie-rose-bill-clinton-you-are-best-political-animal-thats-ever
.

“
Toss them all in the fireplace”
:
Interview with a Clinton source who requested anonymity.

Hillary asked a well-known New York plastic surgeon
:
Interview with a friend of Hillary's who requested anonymity.

“She had her cheeks lifted”
:
Ibid.

“To be really good at [politics] you've gotta like people”
:
Dickens, “Charlie Rose to Bill Clinton.”