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<html><body><font face="Helvetica">Tom is getting a little too cute. Johnrney is avoiding getting quoted. That being said, by next Friday no one =ill remember this article <br><br>Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</fo=t><blockquote><br>------ Original Message ------<br><br><b>From: </b>Hunte= Biden<br><b>To: </b>Josh Alcorn<br><b>Cc: </b>Ted Kaufman, Alex Snyder-Ma=kler, Eric Schwerin<br><b>Sent: </b>May 1, 2015 at 7:10 PM<br><b>Subject: =/b>Re: Law firm</blockquote><blockquote><html><head></head><body dir="au=o"><div>All good- nothing new nothing we shouldn't expect from our &qu=t;friends." <br><br>RHB<div>202.333.1880</div></div><div><br>On =ay 1, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Joshua Alcorn <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubide=.com" >josh@beaubiden.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div>sor=y, there was more I missed. Unhelpful comments from Tom Gordon.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">During his tenur= as Attorney General, Biden's office secured $185 million from financi=l institutions in settlements related to the 2008 financial crisis. Many c=mplain, however, that not enough of that money found its way to victims of=the crisis.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gran= & Eisenhofer represents investors and whistleblowers in consumer clas= actions, false claims cases, antitrust lawsuits, shareholder litigation a=d bankruptcies.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">=iden has shown no public signs that he is plotting a run for governor. He =as not held public events or delivered public comments in months, with his=public absence coinciding with health concerns.</div><div class=""><br c=ass=""></div><div class="">In August 2013, Biden underwent a procedure=to remove a small brain lesion at the University of Texas MD Anderson Canc=r Center after becoming disoriented on a family vacation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">New Castle County =hief Executive Tom Gordon, another political ally of the Bidens, spoke wit= Beau Biden by phone as recently as last month, he said.</b></div><div cla=s=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="=>Gordon said he urged the former attorney general to speak publicly about =is campaign plans, and has asked to be a member of a formal campaign commi=tee. "I said, 'You need to get out and let people know you're=still running,'" recounted Gordon, who is expected to seek the go=ernor's office if Biden does not run.</b></div><div class=""><b clas=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">"I'v= talked to his close friends who will be running the campaign and they say=they're getting ready for him to run," Gordon said. "At some=point they've got to start announcing where they're going with thempaign."</b></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote class=""><div class="">On May 1, 2015, =t 11:26 AM, Joshua Alcorn <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" class="" >josh@beaubiden.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchang=-newline"><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbs=-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Jon calle= again. <div class="">Here’s the article: <a href="htt=://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2015/05/01/beau-biden-l=w-firm/26693351/" class="" >http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststa=epolitics/2015/05/01/beau-biden-law-firm/26693351/</a><div class=""><div=class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Former Delaware Attorney G=neral Beau Biden, who has said he is planning a run for governor in 2016, =s expanding his role at Grant & Eisenhofer, the Wilmington law firm he=joined in January.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=">A spokesman for Biden did not immediately respond to questions about whe=her Biden is still committed to a gubernatorial run next year, and how his=work at the law firm fits into those plans.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grant & Eisenhofer said that Biden will exp=nd his work on behalf of whistleblowers represented by the firm. Stuart Gr=nt, a prominent Biden donor and political ally, is the firm's co-found=r and managing director.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div cl=ss="">"We're really excited for Beau to grow his work in the wh=stleblower group," Grant said by email. "It's a natural cont=nuation of what he did as attorney general, and is something he's alre=dy been working on since he joined the firm in January."</div><div cl=ss=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grant said the new work "=doesn't change anything for him politically. He will make an excellent=governor."</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Ma= 1, 2015, at 10:53 AM, <a href="mailto:tedkaufman@comcast.net" class="= >tedkaufman@comcast.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-ne=line"><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class="">=erfect<br class=""><br class="">Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</=ont><blockquote class=""><br class="">------ Original Message ------<b= class=""><br class=""><b class="">From: </b>Josh Alcorn<br class="><b class="">To: </b>Ted Kaufman<br class=""><b class="">Cc: </b>Al=x Snyder-Mackler, Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin<br class=""><b class="">=ent: </b>May 1, 2015 at 3:43 PM<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>R=: Law firm</blockquote><blockquote class=""><div style="word-wrap: bre=k-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =lass="">yeah, this is what I suggested Stuart say: We’re really ex=ited for Beau to grow his work in the Whistle Blower group. It’s a n=tural continuation of what he did as AG, and is something he’s alrea=y been working on since he joined the firm in January. It doesn’t ch=nge anything for him politically - I think he’d make an excellent Go=ernor.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Ma= 1, 2015, at 10:42 AM, <a href="mailto:tedkaufman@comcast.net" class="= >tedkaufman@comcast.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-ne=line"><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Helvetica" class="">= assume Stuart knows to say - "nothing has changed"<br class="=><br class="">Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</font><blockquote cla=s=""><br class="">------ Original Message ------<br class=""><br cla=s=""><b class="">From: </b>Alex Snyder-Mackler<br class=""><b class="">To: </b>Ted Kaufman<br class=""><b class="">Cc: </b>Josh Alcorn, =unter Biden, Eric Schwerin<br class=""><b class="">Sent: </b>May 1, 20=5 at 3:34 PM<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>Re: Law firm</blockq=ote><blockquote class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Agd, with the caveat that Stuart knows what to say re potential campaign. =f you guys are confident then so am I. <br class=""><div class=""=<br class=""></div><div class="">ASM</div></div><div class=""><br cl=ss="">On May 1, 2015, at 10:23 AM, <a href="mailto:tedkaufman@comcast.=et" class="" >tedkaufman@comcast.net</a> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class=""><div class=""><font face="Helvetica"=class="">I would go with response 1. Let Stuart deal with him.<br class=""><br class="">Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</font><blockquote=class=""><br class="">------ Original Message ------<br class=""><br=class=""><b class="">From: </b>Josh Alcorn<br class=""><b class=""=To: </b>Alex Snyder-Mackler, Hunter Biden, Eric Schwerin, Ted Kaufman<br c=ass=""><b class="">Sent: </b>May 1, 2015 at 1:37 PM<br class=""><b c=ass="">Subject: </b>Fwd: Law firm</blockquote><blockquote class="">And=just as I send that previous email, here comes this to me. I see a few opt=ons:<div class="">1. No response. Starkey’s article then says some=hing about “no indication what this means for 2016, Biden campaign d=dn’t respond to inquiries.”</div><div class="">2. I respond,="Jon, the expanded role in the Whistle Blower group doesn’t cha=ge anything.” And then ignore his follow up.</div><div class="">3.=I see if he’ll go on background and see if he’ll say, “a=person close to the Biden campaign says…” and make the case t=at this is perfectly in line with what Beau did as AG, continuation of the=work, etc. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""=I like option two the best. I’m comfortable with option three, but d=n’t think I’m the best person to do it (Stuart would be, or ma Bart). Option one is by far the easiest, but I like where we’re a= now, and feeding the rumor mill by not responding may only put more press=re on us. A fourth option may be an amalgam of two and three.</div><div cl=ss=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thoughts?<br class=""><div =lass=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">Begin=forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0p=;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica N=ue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></s=an><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvet, sans-serif;" class="">"Starkey, Jonathan" <<a href="m=ilto:jstarkey@wilmingt.gannett.com" class="" >jstarkey@wilmingt.gannett.=om</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margi=-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif= color:;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-fami=y: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""=Joshua Alcorn <<a href="mailto:josh@beaubiden.com" class="" >josh@b=aubiden.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0=x; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><s=an style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, s=ns-serif; color:;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span styl="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-seri=;" class=""><b class="">Law firm</b><br class=""></span></div><div s=yle="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left= 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helveti=a Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b=</span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, He=vetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 1, 2015 at 8:02:17 AM EDT<br class="=></span></div><br class=""><div class="">Hey Josh,<br class="">I'=m writing something quick about Beau expanding his role at G&E. Is he =till planning to run for gov?<br class="">Hope all's well,<br class="">Jon<br class=""><br class="">Jonathan Starkey<br class="">The N=ws Journal<br class="">Cell: (302) 983-6756</div></blockquote></div><br =lass=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockq=ote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote=</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></di=></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></body></html>=/blockquote></body></htm