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Undated: John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from October 20, 1998 until January 20, 2001 and as Counselor to President Barack Obama from January 1, 2014 until February 13, 2015. Before that he served as the White House Staff Secretary and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for the Clinton Administration between January 20, 1993 until October 20, 1998.
He is the former president, and now Chair and Counselor, of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank in Washington, D.C., as well as a Visiting Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and was chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.[1][2] Additionally, he was a co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.[3][4]
On October 7, 2016, WikiLeaks started to publish thousands of emails reportedly retrieved from Podesta's private Gmail account, some of which contained controversial material regarding Clinton's positions or campaign strategy.[34] Podesta and the Clinton campaign did not confirm or deny the authenticity of the emails.[35][36] Experts investigating the leak, including a private security firm called CrowdStrike, claimed to have tracked the hacking tools used, and claimed that a Russian hacking group had accessed Podesta's account.[37] Podesta said that Russian intelligence officials attempting to influence the presidential election in favor of Donald Trump were behind the leak.[34]
The United States Intelligence Community released a statement directly accusing Russian intelligence of involvement.[38][39][40][41][42] Vice President Joe Biden told NBC News that the United States was "sending a message" to Russian President Vladimir Putin and that a wide-ranging "clandestine" cyber operation would take place in response to the Russians' activities.[43]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Podesta
-- 2017 --
July 7: John Podesta Tells President Trump to 'Get a Grip' After G20 Tweet
“Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!” Trump tweeted Friday.
Podesta replied telling Trump to “get a grip” and clarifying that he did not work at the Democratic National Committee.
Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the DNC, also tweeted that Podesta did not work for the DNC during the campaign.
http://time.com/4849219/john-podesta-president-trump-tweets-g20/
-- 2018 --
April 16: Former Clinton campaign chair discusses Comey apology, 2016 election
https://news.yale.edu/2018/04/16/former-clinton-campaign-chair-discusses-comey-apology-2016-election
August 1: Federal prosecutors are investigating former lobbyist Tony Podesta, former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., and former Obama White House Counsel Greg Craig, NBC News confirmed, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York opened the investigation following a referral from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, the sources told NBC.
NBC previously reported that Mueller had been looking into Podesta and his Democratic-leaning lobbying firm as part of its broader investigation into the finances of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Tony Podesta is the chairman of the Podesta Group. His brother, John Podesta, was the campaign chairman for Hillary Clinton and is not currently affiliated with the lobbying firm. He is also not part of the investigation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/01/tony-podesta-under-investigation-following-special-counsel-referral.html
December 10: John Podesta paints disturbing picture of Trump in Europe in raising alarms about climate data
John Podesta has been making the rounds in Europe to warn the European Union that U.S. climate data needs protection from the Trump administration.
The former Hillary Clinton campaign manager was in Brussels last week to address the European Parliament on what he described as the necessity to combat the current administration’s open “hostility” to climate science.
Podesta explained in a Guardian op-ed that he spoke to parliamentarians about the "unprecedented threats facing the global understanding of climate change as a result of the Trump administration’s hostility to climate science, and [discussed] what European countries can and should do in response."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/john-podesta-paints-disturbing-picture-of-trump-in-europe-in-raising-alarms-about-climate-data
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