Podesta Linked Up Google’s Executive Chairman and Cheryl Mills, Robby Mook
Google was accused of manipulating search results for Hillary
BY: Joe Schoffstall
October 14, 2016 1:50 pm
From: The Washington Free Beacon
http://freebeacon.com/politics/podesta-linked-googles-executive-chairman-cheryl-mills-robby-mook/

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta facilitated meetings between Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and key Clinton players Robby Mook and Cheryl Mills in 2014, according to hacked emails released by WikiLeaks.

Schmidt also quietly funds a data company that provides services to the Clinton campaign.

Podesta wrote to Schmidt on April 3, 2014, saying he would like him to speak with Robby Mook, now Clinton’s campaign manager, and Cheryl Mills, a longtime Clinton aide.

“Robby is in Australia. Back the 23rd. We could arrange a call before or wait and do a meeting shortly after return,” Podesta said. “Cheryl Mills is in town and I think it would be good for you two to talk. Her office is in Bethesda but probably could come down this afternoon. Up for that?”

“thank you !!! i’ll plan to see robby when he is back in dc,” Schmidt responded (sic throughout). “Cheryl would be great to see; I have a meeting with President from 11 to 1145 and free after that all afternoon any time in the afternoon that is convenient for her is good for me.” Schmidt then provided Podesta with his phone number.

Earlier this year, Schmidt found himself under fire after Google’s search engine was accused of manipulating searches in favor Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump.

he allegations stemmed from a video released in June by SourceFed, a news website and YouTube channel. The group showcased how Google’s autocomplete features differed from other major search engines and was altering searches to paint Clinton in a more favorable light.

SourceFed discovered that when the phrase “Hillary Clinton Cri” was typed into Google’s search engine, it would autocomplete to “Hillary Clinton Crime Reform,” “Hillary Clinton Crisis,” and “Hillary Clinton Crime Bill 1994.”

When the same phrase was typed into Bing and Yahoo, Google’s competitors, the autocomplete showed “Hillary Clinton criminal charges,” “Hillary Clinton crimes,” Hillary Clinton criminal.”

SourceFed also found that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders did not receive the same treatment.

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