Emails force out more Democrats
One key party official told two others that he wanted reporters to question Sanders about his faith.
Fallout from leaked emails that cost Debbie Wasserman Schultz her job as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee continued Tuesday with the departures of three other high-profile party officials.
Chief Executive Amy Dacey, Chief Financial Officer Brad Marshall and Communications Director Luis Miranda all left their posts at the DNC, according to a statement from the party.
Though the statement did not mention the leaked emails, which had shown partiality toward Hillary Clinton in her primary battle against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a person with knowledge of the departures said they were tied to the emails.
Last month, WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 emails from a 17-month span. In one exchange, Marshall told Miranda and Dacey that he wanted reporters to raise questions about Sanders’ faith.
“Does he believe in a God? He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage,” Marshall wrote. He apologized when the email became public.
In her statement, Donna Brazile, the DNC's interim chairwoman, lauded the work that each of them had done over the years.
But, she noted, “in order to make history, the Democratic Party depends on the tireless work of everyday drum majors for justice, fairness and equality.”
From the outset of his campaign, Sanders, who spent most of his political career as an independent, had assailed the DNC for tipping the scales in favor of Clinton by, among other things, limiting debates.
Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman, vehemently denied the allegation. When the emails were leaked last month, showing some staffers clearly biased toward Clinton, Wasserman Schultz was forced out.