August 19, 2022 9:58am EDT
John Kerry's secretive climate office discussed keeping plans off 'paper,' emails show
A senior official in Kerry's office suggested a meeting "focusing on all the elements we can’t put on paper" in an email obtained by a watchdog group
By Thomas Catenacci , Houston Keene | Fox News
Senior officials in Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry's office discussed holding a meeting to ensure budget discussions were kept off "paper," according to internal emails obtained in a records request and shared with Fox News Digital.
The SPEC office's senior director for climate finance — whose name was redacted under the "personal privacy information" exemption — suggested to other officials in a March 9 email that a key briefing with Kerry should be held over the phone or in-person, according to documents that watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) shared with Fox News Digital. The briefing appeared to center around the office's budget for fiscal year 2022 and 2023.
"I would also suggest a call or meeting soon with jk to update him on FY22 and 23, focusing on all the elements we can’t put on paper," the unnamed official told other staffers in the March 9 email.
The subject of the email was titled "updated memo for JK on FY23 budget settlement." The names and email addresses of all the individuals the email was addressed to and who were copied on the correspondence were redacted.
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