C064972821ED US. te Case No. F-2017-14553 Doc No. C06497282 Date: 05/31/2018 From: Rhodes, Benjamin J. FOPWHO 86 Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 3:59 AM To: Powwer. Samantha ; Rice, Susan E, EOP/NSC Ried, Curtis R. EOPINSC | Price, Edward Subject: Re: The New Yorker TIL call him tomorrow Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTTE network Original Message From: Power, Samantha Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:57 PM To: Rice, Susan E. EOP/NSC; Rhodes, Benjamin J. EOPAVHO; Ried, Curtis R, EOP/NSC; Price, Ned C. EOP/NSC Subject: Fw: The New Yorker Sounds serious - can you follow up, Ben? Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, From: Dexter Filkins BS Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 7-10 PM ‘To: Power, Samantha Subject: The New Yorker Dear Ambassador Power: Lam a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. We are writing a story about communications between Presicent-Flect Trump and the Russian state. I's specific. My understanding is that the President has been briefed on at least one of the issues that we are planning on writing about We are trying to go press soon and wanted to give the White House a chance to respond. My number is ‘Thank you so much Dexter Filkins UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2017-14553 Doc No. C06497282 Date: 05/31/2018