Senator Boxer Refuted A New York Times Story That Had Asserted That Democrats On The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Had Been Briefed On The Allegations In “Clinton Cash.” “U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today disputing a New York Times report that members of the Committee were briefed on the findings of a new anti-Hillary Clinton book: ‘Today's New York Times reported that members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were briefed on the latest anti-Hillary Clinton book. As the longest serving member of the Committee, I was never briefed on the book and I know of no other Democrats on the Committee who were briefed on it. So if there was a briefing, it was clearly partisan in nature. This is just another vicious, partisan and unfounded attack on Hillary Clinton.’” [Press Release, Office of Barbara Boxer, 4/20/15] Hillary For America: “When Asked About…Alleged Briefings In Congress, Schweizer Admits That He Briefed Only Republicans – As A Result Of ‘A Friend That Asked,’ – And Not Any Democrats.” [Hillary for America, 4/26/15] THE PRESS 2016ER ATTACKS RAND PAUL CRITICIZED HILLARY CLINTON FOR AVOIDING ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS Rand Paul Said That The Media Would Take A Different Tack With Asking Questions Of Hillary Clinton And That She Might Not Be As Available To Them As Some Others. HUGH HEWITT: “Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said yes. Do you think Hillary Rodham Clinton says yes as well? Will she be forced to answer that question [on abortions]?” RAND PAUL: “I think the media will take a little bit different tack with her, and I think that there’s also a possibility that she’s not quite as available as some of us are to the media.” [Hugh Hewitt Show, 4/10/15] CLINTON DEFENSE Brinster, Jeremy 5/4/2015 3:41 PM Comment [4]: I think we mostly need to pivot Huffington Post: “Hillary Clinton's Campaign Team Held An Off-The-Record Dinner Thursday / attack the 2016ers here. Night In Washington, D.C., For Roughly Two Dozen Journalists And Staff Members…[Signaling] That The Clinton Team Is Trying To Engage With Top Reporters In The Days Before The Democrat's Expected Announcement Of A 2016 Presidential Run.” “Hillary Clinton's campaign team held an off-the-record dinner Thursday night in Washington, D.C., for roughly two dozen journalists and staff members at John Podesta's house, according to sources familiar with the matter. The dinner signals that the Clinton team is trying to engage with top reporters in the days before the Democrat's expected announcement of a 2016 presidential run. It also suggests the new campaign team is looking to change course from the toxic relationship with the press that plagued the 2008 race. The Clinton team is also holding a private event in New York on Friday night for journalists, according to sources.” [Huffington Post, 4/10/15] HEADLINE: “Hillary Clinton Seeks 'New Beginning' With The Press.” [CNN, 3/24/15] TRADE 2016ER ATTACKS JEB BUSH SLAMMED HILLARY CLINTON FOR “POLITICALLY MOTIVATED FLIP FLOP” ON THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP