The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the nature and scope of a cyber intrusion at the Democratic National Committee, the agency said on Monday, amid concerns hackers working for Russian Federation are attempting to use the breach to influence the USA presidential election.
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“We know that the voices in this room that are standing up and being disruptive – we know that that’s not the Florida that we know”, she said.
Wikileaks released emails that show the Democratic National Convention (DNC), which runs the party, was biased against Mr Sanders when he ran against Mrs Clinton in the hard-fought primary contest.
While her role at the DNC has been reduced to something relatively minor, some pro-Clinton Democrats are pushing for Wasserman Schultz to remove herself from the convention entirely.
The Post reporter, Abby Phillip, had requested to speak with Brazile to get her thoughts on “this fight between the Sanders camp and DNC over adequate representation on the platform committee and others ahead of the convention”.
Hours before she was to gavel in the Democratic National Convention, the Florida congresswoman was met by raucous activists who accused her of favoring Hillary Clinton over vanquished rival Bernie Sanders.
The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee made for a rocky start on Sunday.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the keynote speaker. Wasserman Schultz reportedly resisted stepping aside until the end finally relenting after receiving a call from President Barack Obama. “What’s disturbing to us is that experts are telling us Russian state actors broke into the DNC, stole these emails, and other experts are now saying that the Russians are releasing these emails for the objective of actually helping Donald Trump”, Mook said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
Philadelphia’s police commissioner says he was pleased with how police and protesters handled the first day of protests at the Democratic National Convention, but he compared Sunday to a “scrimmage game”. “The Dems Convention is cracking up”, he tweeted.
The controversy is an unpleasant distraction for a party launching into a four-day sales pitch to voters (and a response to last week’s Republican convention).
They chanted “Hell no, DNC, we won’t vote for Hillary” and “This is what democracy looks like”. He said there is talk among Sanders’ delegates of walking out during Kaine’s acceptance speech or turning their backs as a show of protest. “We are excited to be a part of the historic Convention and working for Hillary Clinton’s victory”.
“You will never hear me say I only listen to myself on national security”, she said. And the Clinton campaign is blaming the Russians for the leak, implicating that Vladimir Putin is trying to help Donald Trump.
“I appreciate that interest, and a little bit of interest from the press”, she said.
Allen is the former deputy commander of U. S. Central Command and previously oversaw North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in Afghanistan. Clinton is within just days of her long-held ambition to become the party’s official presidential nominee. She will formally accept the nomination on Thursday. Other high-profile speakers include former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden.
“You will see me every day between now and November 8 on the campaign trail and we will lock arms and we will not stand down”, she told the booing crowd before leaving the stage.
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Kenny Madden, a Sanders delegate from Kentucky, said he doesn’t “think there can be anything Bernie can say that will bring people together”.
