Hillary Clinton’s chief legal counsel excoriated one of President Obama’s most high profile appointees on the Federal Election Commission for what he said was an “endless desire to be portrayed in the press as a profile in courage.”

The exchange began with an email from Clinton sharing a May 2, 2015 article in the New York Times. The article centered on Democratic FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel’s contention that her agency was “dysfunctional” and unwilling to enforce campaign finance laws.