ATLANTA — According to leaked emails by the hacking group WikiLeaks, Hillary Clinton considered Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed for her choice for vice president.
The list, allegedly put together by Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta included Reed, among other names such as Elizabeth Warren, Corey Booker, Bernie Sanders, Tim Cook and Bill Gates.
"We put together the attached notional teams of 'report writers' (confidential profiles/public record vet) and 'vettors' (deep-dive/oppo-book), and want to run it by you before we execute on the list," Podesta wrote. "Cheryl [Mills], Robby [Mook], Jake [Sullivan], Huma [Abedin], Jennifer [Palmieri] and I also did a first cut of people to consider for VP. I have organized names in rough food groups."
Javier Becerra
Julian Castro
Eric Garcetti
Tom Perez
Ken Salazar
Tammy Baldwin
Kirsten Gillibrand
Amy Klobuchar
Claire McKaskill
Jeanne Shaheen
Debbie Stabenow
Elizabeth Warren
Michael Bennet
Sherrod Brown
Martin Heinreich
Tim Kaine
Terry McAuliffe
Chris Murphy
Tom Vilsack
Steve Benjamin
Corey Booker
Andrew Gillum
Eric Holder
Deval Patrick
Kasim Reed
Anthony Foxx
John Allen
Bill McCraven
Mike Mullen
Mary Barra
Michael Bloomberg
Ursula Burns
Tim Cook
Bill Gates
Melinda Gates
Muhtar Kent
Judith Rodin
Howard Schultz
Bernie Sanders
The mayor's office told Channel 2 Action News that they are "not commenting at this time as the authenticity of these emails has not been validated."
The email was allegedly sent on March 17, 2016.
Clinton eventually went on to name Tim Kaine as her choice.
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