The latest email dump by Wikileaks reveals efforts to lobby the United States administration to disassociate from Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

This was revealed in email exchanges between Soros Fund Management (SFM) spokesperson Michael Vachon and 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chairperson John Podesta.

The exchange between Podesta and Vachon revolved around a memo written by Open Society Global fellow John Pang, which among others urged the US administration to "disassociate" from Najib.

In a March 6 email with the subject "John Pang Memo", Vachon told Podesta: "And I think George will want to talk about this, among other things".

It is believed that he was referring to billionaire philanthropist and Clinton campaign donor, George Soros.

Vachon was communicating with Podesta to set up a meeting, which would also be attended by Soros' son Alex.

Podesta forwarded the March 6 email to Clinton's staffer Milia Fisher on the same day.

The emails were published by Wikileaks last Sunday.

Malaysiakini has contacted Vachon and Pang for comment.

Pang's memo titled "The TPP and Malaysia's Corruption Crisis" urges the Obama administration to disassociate from Najib.

"The administration should consider a plan to distance itself from Mr Najib.

"The open scandal around Najib has spiraled out of control and his position is unsustainable," the memo reads.

"The (US) administration should understand where the Najib bus is headed, and find a place to get off soon rather."

Pang is also a senior fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, where he works on regional strategic and security issues.

The memo also urged the US to call for the release of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is in jail for sodomy.

"At a closed-door meeting with Mr Najib in Kuala Lumpur in November 2015, the president firmly requested the release of Mr Anwar, on health grounds, for medical treatment in Washington.

"Najib has not complied. That this is widely known in Malaysia and yet has not been complied with compounds President Obama's loss of face there.

"The request must now be put in firmer terms," he wrote.

Pang said Anwar's presence in the US would be "strategic leverage against the repressive measures Najib is likely to inflict on Malaysians" if he survives as PM.

However, if Najib is forced to step down through what could be a "chaotic potentially violent process" Anwar could play a role in returning Malaysia to peace, Pang wrote.

"Mr Anwar could also be instrumental in forming a new government. It is important that the liberal and plural values that he stands for be protected," he wrote.

He said Malaysia is in "uncharted waters".

"There is no outcome that will bring back the prior status quo," he wrote.

The memo also called for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report on human trafficking independent of the US' intention to court Malaysia to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

He said by making the TPPA an overriding priority in its foreign policy decision in Malaysia, the US has "made visible compromises on principle that have set back Malaysia's difficult transition to democracy".

Malaysia's upgrade in the TIP Report from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List had been seen as a move to curry favour with the administration over the TPPA.

The Podesta E-mails leaks involves some 20,000 pages of emails involving the Hillary Clinton campaign, following the hacking of her campaign manager's email account.

The US presidential election is ongoing.