From: John Hancock <jhancock@tsgco.com> Date: March 11, 2015, 6:15:11 PM CDT To: Jonathon Prouty <jprouty@mogop.org> Subject: FW: PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL On 11/15/14, 11:34 AM, "Danforth, John" <jcdanforth@bryancaveret.com> wrote: John. Thank you for our talk yesterday and for your message. I trust you and am counting on you to make us proud. Jack Sent from my iPad On Nov 14, 2014, at 7:09 PM, John Hancock <jhancock@tsgco.com> wrote: Senator Danforth, Thanks so much for your directness today and for suggesting I speak with Tom. We spoke shortly after my conversation with you and, hopefully, the two of us are in a better place of understanding. However, I continue to be deeply disturbed by the allegations that I am anti-Semitic. I am not. I got involved in ³politics² as a 13 year-old kid who wanted to save the Scott Joplin House on Delmar in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Joplin was my hero and, by the age of 13, I could play many of his compositions and knew every last detail of his history. Essentially,

I injected myself in a dispute between Mayor Conway and the St. Louis Board of Aldermen over the preservation of Joplin¹s house. Working through my local state representative (Steve Banton), I talked to the people at DNR¹s department of historic preservation and put them in touch with Macler Shepard, the president of Jeff-Vander-Lou. They worked out an agreement for the state to take over the Joplin property and turn it into a museum honoring his musical contributions to American Culture. By the time I was 15, I got recognized in the Post-Dispatch and Globe-Democrat for having ³saved² the Scott Joplin House. Today, the house is part of the state¹s Historic Sites and remains the only such site in Missouri honoring an African-American. My quote to the Post-Dispatch when I was 15 years old was, ³If the house had been owned by George Gershwin or Cole Porter instead of Scott Joplin, preserving it would have never been an issue.² I am a flawed person ‹ just as we all are! I have many of the personal failures shared by many people who enter politics ‹ large ego, insecurity, a touch of narcissismŠ I can be called many things and recognized for many failings, but most assuredly ³anti-Semite² or ³racist² is not among them! I am not bothered if some people consider

me arrogant, lazy, ineffective, or irresponsible. Sometimes I am all of these things. But it sickens me to think that ANYONE would consider me a bigot. I am the first generation of my family - either side - to graduate from High School. I do not consider myself to above anybody else based on DNA or heritage. I respect and admire you, Senator ‹ and I sincerely hope I have the opportunity to show you that I am a man of my word ‹ ALL of them! Thanks for taking time to read this. Best regards, JH    From: John Hancock <jhancock@tsgco.com> Date: March 11, 2015, 6:15:42 PM CDT To: Jonathon Prouty <jprouty@mogop.org> Subject: FW: Audio Clip On 1/27/15, 12:42 PM, "Danforth, John" <jcdanforth@bryancaveret.com> wrote: Thanks, John, for sending this to me. I do appreciate your sense of balance and your commitment to championing all Republicans while attacking the Dems. Jack

-----Original Message----- From: John Hancock [mailto:jhancock@tsgco.com] Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 11:10 PM To: Danforth, John Subject: FW: Audio Clip Jack, Attached is an audio clip of me on KMOX a week or so ago. I spoke about Catherine Hanaway and Tom Schweich at the 5:00 minute mark. I¹ve had about 4 opportunities on radio and TV to speak on the governor¹s race over the past few weeks and this clip is a very good representation of what I am saying. Should I become the chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, I understand that my job is to say GOOD things about Republicans and BAD things about Democrats. I will not inject the party or me personally into the governor¹s primary. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions! Best regards, JH 314-630-8218

On 1/20/15, 6:08 PM, "Cline, David T" <David.Cline@cbsradio.com> wrote: Hey John. Sorry I thought I had sent this already. Here it is. David Cline Producer KMOX Radio - St. Louis 1220 Olive Street, 3rd Floor St. Louis, MO 63103 david.cline@cbsradio.com O: 314-436-7975 C: 314-223-5560 ________________________________________ From: John Hancock [jhancock@tsgco.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:52 AM To: Cline, David T Subject: Audio Clip Hey there! Did you have any luck finding the clip from last Thursday? Thanks, JH Sent from my iPhone