DNC top staffers resign after email hack scandal
Amy Dacey, the chief executive officer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has announced her resignation after an email hack scandal that caused a rift in the party during the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Dacey declared her step-down along with two other top DNC staffers, including communications director, Luis Miranda, and chief financial officer, Brad Marshall.
The move was prompted after the ruinous leak of nearly 20,000 stolen emails and messages, which proved that DNC officials plotted against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign.
“Thanks in part to the hard work of Amy, Luis, and Brad, the Democratic Party has adopted the most progressive platform in history, has put itself in financial position to win in November, and has begun the important work of investing in state party partnerships,” said Donna Brazile, the interim chairperson of the committee, without mentioning the hacks and a reason for the resignations.
“I’m so grateful for their commitment to this cause, and I wish them continued success in the next chapter of their career,” she added.
On July 22, the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks published thousands of hacked emails obtained from the DNC’s servers, exposing an insider effort by DNC officials in favor of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to undermine Sanders’ bid for the White House.
American intelligence agencies say they have “high confidence” that the Russian government was behind the hack.
Russia has denied responsibility for hacking the emails of the committee and a computer network used by Clinton's campaign.
The FBI and other counter-intelligence agencies involved in the probe of the DNC hacking have not yet officially attributed the cyber attack to Russian government hackers.
American security officials have claimed that evidence collected by the FBI so far points to groups that are known to US agencies for carrying out cyber attacks for the Russian government.
In one of the emails, dated May 2, DNC press secretary Mark Paustenbach wrote to communications director Luis Miranda about how to make the US media portray Sanders’ campaign as one in “a mess.” “Bernie really had a movement out there, and it wasn’t right to treat him that way,” Reid said.
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