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For additional context, also note Eric Schmidt's consultant role which was revealed in HRC's leaked emails: https://qz.com/823922/eric-schmidt-played-a-crucial

For additional context, also note Eric Schmidt's consultant role which was revealed in HRC's leaked emails: https://qz.com/823922/eric-schmidt-played-a-crucial-role-in-team-hillarys-election-tech/ https://qz.com/823922/eric-schmidt-played-a-crucial-role-in-... https://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-emails-google-eric-schmidt-relationship-with-clintons-2016-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-emails-google-eric... https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262 https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37262

mikeyouse 8y ago
There was essentially no new news in the hacked emails -- People had been reporting for years that Schmidt was supporting HRC's presidential bid, including forming a startup to help her with engineering talent: https://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ https://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-workin...
- akhilcacharya 8y ago
  He’s been a notable Democratic donor for a while - he even invited Obama to a talk at Google and asked him about how to sort a billion integers.
  - lamarpye 8y ago
    I have meet people that believe Obama knew how to do it.
- mrschwabe 8y ago
  Well it is a confirmation a paid arrangement was in place, which is actually big deal. Anyone paid to consult or render services for that campaign should be under intense scrutiny.
  - mikeyouse 8y ago
    They are.. which is why they have dozens of entries in the FEC's disbursement database since June 2015: https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction_period=2016&data_type=processed&recipient_name=the+groundwork&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=12%2F31%2F2016 https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction...
mciak 8y ago
When Schmidt was ousted, people speculated that it was in part due to his links to the candidate who lost
magicalist 8y ago
Wow, he advised them to make a smartphone app and to use the cloud instead of spinning up their own servers. What a scoop.

mikeyouse 8y ago

There was essentially no new news in the hacked emails -- People had been reporting for years that Schmidt was supporting HRC's presidential bid, including forming a startup to help her with engineering talent: https://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ https://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-workin...

akhilcacharya 8y ago
He’s been a notable Democratic donor for a while - he even invited Obama to a talk at Google and asked him about how to sort a billion integers.
- lamarpye 8y ago
  I have meet people that believe Obama knew how to do it.
mrschwabe 8y ago
Well it is a confirmation a paid arrangement was in place, which is actually big deal. Anyone paid to consult or render services for that campaign should be under intense scrutiny.
- mikeyouse 8y ago
  They are.. which is why they have dozens of entries in the FEC's disbursement database since June 2015: https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction_period=2016&data_type=processed&recipient_name=the+groundwork&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=12%2F31%2F2016 https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction...

mciak 8y ago

When Schmidt was ousted, people speculated that it was in part due to his links to the candidate who lost

magicalist 8y ago

Wow, he advised them to make a smartphone app and to use the cloud instead of spinning up their own servers. What a scoop.