File 032869
Email Exchange Between Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey E. Regarding Trump Quote and John Connolly's Book (File 032869)
Email correspondence discussing a biographer's inquiry about Landon Thomas Jr.'s relationship with the news media and questioning the authenticity of a Trump quote in an original New York Magazine story.
Summary
Landon Thomas Jr., a Financial Reporter at the New York Times, receives an email from Jeffrey E. regarding inquiries from biographer John Connolly about Thomas's media relationships and a Trump quote. Thomas claims the quote was genuine and that Trump may be denying it due to press scrutiny. The exchange discusses Connolly's progress on his book and questions whether Thomas had directly spoken with the biographer.
From: Story [jeeyacation@gmail.com]Sent: 6/1/2016 3:47:12 PMTo: Landon ThomasSubject: Re: The book on you...Importance: Highevery dayOn Jun 1, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Thomas Jr., Landonare you still getting calls from reporters re Trump?wrote:On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:28 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:noOn Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Thomas Jr., Landon________________________wrote:Keep getting calls from that guy doing a book on you -- John Connolly. He seems very interested inyour relationship with the news media. I told him you were a hell of a guy:) One oddity: he said hehad been told that that quote from Trump about you in the original NY Mag story had beenmanufactured. ie, that I did not actually speak to Donald. Which is bull shit of course. I am sure thatis what Trump told him as they have been getting a lot of questions from reporters about you.He actually seemed to be a sensible guy/solid reporter -- just from the few conversations I had withhim. I think he is close to finishing up.Did you ever speak to him?Landon Thomas, Jr.Financial ReporterNew York Timeshttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon jr thomas/index.htmlplease noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, andHOUSE OVERSIGHT 032869destroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedLandon Thomas, Jr.Financial ReporterNew York Timeshttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon jr thomas/index.htmlHOUSE OVERSIGHT 032870