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In Hacked D.N.C. Emails, a Glimpse of How Big Money Works
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times
Posted: July 25th, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/us/politics/dnc-wikileaks-...
19,000 internal Democratic Party emails released on Friday by WikiLeaks [set] off a frenzy on the eve of the partys quadrennial nominating convention and forc[ed] the resignation of the party chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Some of the emails revealed internal discussion by D.N.C. officials obligated under party rules to remain neutral in the presidential primary about how to discredit Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, enraging some of his supporters. Some ... are highly critical of Mr. Sanders. But the leaked cache also included thousands of emails exchanged by Democratic officials and party fund-raisers, revealing in rarely seen detail the elaborate, ingratiating and often bluntly transactional exchanges necessary to harvest hundreds of millions of dollars from the partys wealthy donor class. The emails capture a world where seating charts are arranged with dollar totals in mind, where a White House celebration of gay pride is a thinly disguised occasion for rewarding wealthy donors and where physical proximity to the president is the most precious of currencies. Donors who raise $1.25 million for the party or who give $467,000 are entitled to priority booking in a top hotel, nightly access to V.I.P. lounges and an exclusive roundtable and campaign briefing with high-level Democratic officials, according to a promotional brochure obtained by The Times.
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