Democratic National Chair, Wasserman Schultz, resigns in wake of email leak.

Embattled Democratic Party chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, said Sunday, she will be resigning, following a leak of emails suggesting an insider attempt to hobble the campaign of Hillary Clinton's rival in the White House primaries, Bernie Sanders.
Wasserman Schultz, a congresswoman from Florida, will "step down as party chair at the end of this convention," she said in a statement on the eve of the Democratic National Convention that is set to anoint Clinton as the party's presidential nominee.

The leaked emails made the Democratic primary runner-up, Bernie Sanders, to call for Wasserman Schultz's immediate resignation.

Sanders had repeatedly accused the DNC of backing Clinton during the primaries. He said the 19,000 emails published by the website Wikileaks appeared to confirm his suspicions.

In one leaked email, a DNC official wondered whether Sanders' religious beliefs could be used against him, questioning whether the candidate may be an atheist.

Sanders pressed for Wasserman Schultz to quit as chairwoman immediately. He also suggested that Clinton's choice of running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, was a disappointment and that he would have preferred Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite of liberals.

"His political views are not my political views. He is more conservative than I am. Would I have preferred to see somebody like an Elizabeth Warren selected by Secretary Clinton? Yes, I would have," Sanders told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Source: AP