Apple's Tim Cook on Hillary's VP Short List: WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks is telling us something new every day. The latest, from emails retrieved from John Podesta, chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, reveal that Apple CEO Tim Cook was considered as a possible vice presidential candidate, NBC News is reporting.

Cook’s name was among 39 included in a March 17 email from Podesta, advising the former secretary of state on vetting possible vice presidential candidates. The email followed Clinton’s sweep of the March 15 Super Tuesday primary states of Florida, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina that temporarily seemed to solidify the nomination for her campaign.

Cook’s name on the vice presidential list was included in a group that included mostly corporate or former corporate leaders such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates and former New York City Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg.

Also on the list was Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who became Clinton’s selection.

Patch Editor Barb Hall contributed to this story; Photo via Apple