Emails hacked from former diplomatic official Capricia Penavic Marshall have revealed a producer for MSNBC host Chris Hayes fawning over Hillary Clinton as an “amazing, intelligent woman” in an effort to convince someone from Clinton’s team to appear on his program.
“We’ve been airing a ‘Hillary Clinton for Millennials’ segment on our program every night this past week,” editorial producer Sheara Braun wrote in the April 16, 2015, message to Clinton aide Adrienne Elrod.
“The point of the segment is basically to inform young people about all of the crap and nonsense that Sec. Clinton and President Clinton (but mostly Sec. Clinton) had to face back in the 90s when President Clinton was running for office… everything from cookie-gate to stand-by-your-man-gate to Hillarycare.
“I’m wondering if there is any chance that Lisa Caputo could join Chris tonight,” Braun wrote, referencing a top Clinton surrogate. She then reaffirmed general admiration for Clinton, though it was not clear if she was speaking on behalf of herself, Hayes or MSNBC.
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“The point isn’t to dwell on the past but the point is to talk about this amazing, intelligent woman who probably faced more nonsense back in the day because she is a woman … and she continues to have to face it. She is smarter than most men and more qualified than most men to be president,” Braun wrote.
Elrod forwarded the message to Marshall, noting that Caputo was not available. Marshall, who served as chief of protocol at the State Department during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, said she could not appear either due to a scheduled meeting with the prime minister of Italy. “So sorry!” Marshall wrote. “But at the ready for the next one!”
The stash of emails was published by the secret-spilling website DCLeaks Thursday night. Marshall has not confirmed the legitimacy of information included in the leak, but DCLeaks has published information from a slew of high-profile figures this year, including the billionaire George Soros and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
