{"id":283590,"date":"2021-03-22T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=283590"},"modified":"2021-03-22T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T20:00:18","slug":"becerra-hires-former-hillary-clinton-aide-who-ignored-warnings-about-harvey-weinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-hires-former-hillary-clinton-aide-who-ignored-warnings-about-harvey-weinstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Becerra Hires Former Hillary Clinton Aide Who Ignored Warnings About Harvey Weinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbecerra-hires-former-hillary-clinton-aide-who-ignored-warnings-about-harvey-weinstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=283590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2725.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Xavier Becerra, the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/becerra-declined-to-bring-humanitarian-aid-on-1996-cuba-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial<\/a> secretary of health and human services, has hired longtime Democratic strategist Kristina Schake to lead the agency&#8217;s &#8220;public education efforts&#8221; on COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Schake is perhaps best known for encouraging Michelle Obama to make an &#8220;undercover&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/05\/style\/this-woman-is-in-charge-of-shaping-hillary-clintons-image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopping trip<\/a> to a Target in Alexandria, Va., where an Associated Press photographer just happened to be waiting with a camera. She is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2017\/2\/21\/14687096\/instagram-kristina-schake-david-swain-comms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credited<\/a> with helping the former first lady establish her brand as an &#8220;accessible everywoman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/kristina-schake-weinstein-scandal\/\"><strong>Becerra Hires Former Hillary Clinton Aide Who Ignored Warnings About Harvey Weinstein<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/texas-dem-shares-photos-of-overrun-migrant-facility-as-border-crisis-mounts\/\"><strong>Texas Dem Shares Photos of Overrun Migrant Facility as Border Crisis Mounts<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/anti-filibuster-coalition-leader-is-part-of-progressive-dark-money-group\/\"><strong>Dark Money Fuels Push to Ditch Filibuster<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Schake&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/05\/style\/this-woman-is-in-charge-of-shaping-hillary-clintons-image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efforts<\/a> to do the same for Hillary Clinton in 2016 were not as successful, for <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/blog\/hillary-clinton-will-never-be-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obvious reasons<\/a>. In her role as deputy communications director, Schake was tasked with showcasing the failed candidate&#8217;s &#8220;self-effacing, warm and funny side,&#8221; according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The communications guru understandably struggled to capture this side of Clinton during the campaign. More often, Schake was forced to defend the candidate&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/schake-email-server-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failure<\/a> to comply with federal law or the campaign&#8217;s refusal to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/msnbc-exchange-schake-clinton-speeches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release transcripts<\/a> of the paid speeches Clinton gave to Wall Street financial firms.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to portray Clinton as likable and down-to-earth were also complicated by events like the celebrity-packed fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/hillary-clinton-broadway-fundraiser-set-934273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concert<\/a> in Manhattan that took place less than a month before Election Day. Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood executive and convicted rapist, helped produce the event.<\/p>\n<p>Schake and other members of the Clinton campaign were reportedly urged to stop associating with Weinstein in light of the producer&#8217;s longstanding reputation as a sexual predator. Celebrity activist&nbsp;Lena Dunham, for example, said she <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/lena-dunham-says-warned-clinton-campaign-weinstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> Schake in 2016 that it was &#8220;a really bad idea for [Weinstein] to host fundraisers and be involved [with the campaign] because it&#8217;s an open secret in Hollywood that he has a problem with sexual assault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dunham said Schake had been surprised by the warning and promised to raise the issue with Clinton&#8217;s campaign manager, Robby Mook. Regardless of whether the concerns about Weinstein were discussed among senior members of the campaign, no actions appear to have been taken in response.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill did not deny Dunham&#8217;s claim about warning Schake and other campaign officials but questioned why the actress&nbsp;&#8220;would tell them instead of those who could stop [Weinstein].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days after losing the election, Bill and Hillary Clinton had dinner with Weinstein in part to discuss a documentary TV show about her campaign. Hillary has repeatedly insisted she had no idea that Weinstein was a notorious pervert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How could we have known?&#8221; Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-pleads-ignorance-about-harvey-weinstein-despite-multiple-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a>&nbsp;the<em>&nbsp;Hollywood Reporter<\/em>&nbsp;in 2020 when asked about her relationship with the disgraced producer. &#8220;He raised money for me, for the Obamas, for Democrats in general. And that at the time was something that everybody thought made sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to journalist Ronan Farrow, who wrote one of the first stories documenting the allegations against Weinstein, the sex pest tried to use his relationship with the Clintons to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/farrow-weinstein-leveraged-clinton-connections-to-kill-sexual-harassment-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thwart his reporting<\/a>. Farrow said his efforts to secure an interview with Hillary Clinton in 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/ronan-farrow-clinton-tried-cancel-interview-investigating-weinstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prompted<\/a> a call from Merrill, who expressed concern about the &#8220;big story&#8221; Farrow was working on about Weinstein&#8217;s predatory history.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton&#8217;s team &#8220;tried to cancel the interview \u2026 over the Weinstein stuff,&#8221; Farrow said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xavier Becerra, the controversial secretary of health and human services, has hired longtime Democratic strategist Kristina Schake to lead the agency&#8217;s &#8220;public education efforts&#8221; on COVID-19. 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