The head of the National Committee of Democrats of the United States resigns

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The head of the National Committee of the US Democratic Party, Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, announced that she was going to resign at the end of the party’s electoral congress, which will begin on Monday. Air force.

Schultz resigns amid scandal with Internet leaks of correspondence between members of her committee.

WikiLeaks posted a chat

Some functionaries of the Democratic Party ridiculed and criticized Senator Bernie Sanders, although at the same time they publicly declared their neutrality in the contest between him and Hillary Clinton. This follows from the correspondence of party leaders in the early stages of the selection of presidential candidates, made public by WikiLeaks.

From some of the letters it follows that the chairman of the National Committee of the Democratic Party (NKDP), Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, and her colleagues preferred Hillary Clinton during the party primaries. Sanders and his staff have repeatedly talked about this when the Clinton campaign began to pick up pace, and, ultimately, the senator was forced to leave the race.

In one of the letters, one of the subordinates, Wasserman-Schulz, asked her if the national committee should send a complaint to CNN, after she had aired Sanders' statement that he would dismiss the party chairman if elected. She rejected the idea, saying to the employee: “This is not serious. He will not become president. ”

All the fault of Russian hackers

Then the Democrats put the responsibility for hacking on hackers from Russia. The party does not comment on the content of the correspondence published by WikiLeaks, but also does not question its authenticity, writes “Voice of America".

In his resignation announcement, Schulz said that he still considers Hillary Clinton's victory in the upcoming elections "extremely important for America’s future."

President Barack Obama, commenting on the decision Schultz, said he was grateful for her work as head of the committee.

As expected, Senator Bernie Sanders will speak at the Democratic Party’s first day of work.

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