Mitchell: Clinton Camp Had an Obligation to Disclose Pneumonia Diagnosis on Friday

‘We’ve got a lot of problems with both campaigns’

MITCHELL: "The fact that they didn't say anything on Friday when they had an affirmative obligation to the public through us after telling us that the cough in Cleveland on Labor Day was just seasonal allergies, which is what she thought. But after she had an exam on Friday morning, they had an affirmative obligation to tell us about the diagnosis of pneumonia. And then the secrecy yesterday and for an hour and a half the press corps, the protective press pool, the pool of reporters, which is supposed to be with her just for this kind of emergency, they are kept back at the ceremony. They don't know that she's -- they're not told she's gone to Chelsea's apartment."
SCARBOROUGH: "Right."
MITCHELL: "Then they're brought there so that we can see her coming out looking very spry and hugging the little girl and then eight hours after this first happened they finally tell us about the diagnosis of pneumonia that was --"
SCARBOROUGH: "Yeah. Unbelievable."
MITCHELL: "-- that occurred on Friday. I'm sorry. There is an obligation not written, not in law, but there's an obligation and Donald Trump is even worse than she is in terms of telling us anything about his medical history. So, we've got a lot of problems with both campaigns."

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