A spokesman for Hillary Clinton said in 2015 that his candidate “suffers in performance” when she is interviewed by someone with a “lesser intellect,” according to new emails revealing the exchange with a cable TV host.

Spokesman Nick Merrill made the statement to reassure Greta Van Susteren, who was then with Fox News, that Clinton’s team respected her despite Clinton’s refusal to appear on her program, and after a leaked email from Clinton aide Philippe Reines referred to Susteren as “malleable.”