Tag: USA: 2016 Democrat Party fundraising scandal

NOVANEWS By Meghann Adams Donna Brazile With the release of her book, Democratic party operative Donna Brazile has stirred up new talk of the shadiness that continually plagued the 2016 elections. But this time the revelations are not about the undemocratic nature of the electoral college, Brazile’s own dismissal from CNN over leaking debate questions to Hillary Clinton, or the absurd obsession with blaming Russia for the election’s outcome. This time, it is about the money. It is about the fact that the coffers of the Democratic National Committee were empty. The 2012 Obama campaign had left the party nearly $24 million dollars in debt. By the time the 2016 election cycle began, it was still in debt to the tune of $2 million. As a result, the DNC, the Hillary Victory Fund (the finan...