Former President Barack Obama has in recent months met with<br />at least nine prospective 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.<br />Those meeting were with Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden, to name a few.<br />They each had one-on-one sessions with Obama at his Washington office,.<br />All the meetings were arranged quietly, without even some close advisers aware.<br />All have been confirmed to POLITICO by multiple people who have been briefed on the secretive sit-downs. <br />
