May 27, 2021 · The DNC, however, says it is simply attempting to maintain rule and order. The 12-page lawsuit states that Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, raised $2.4 million between Dec. 14 and Dec ...
In the suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the campaign alleges that the DNC’s move violates an agreement signed by the committee and the candidates on data usage, and says it is “hamstrung” without access to voter data.
In a direct response, Clinton’s campaign held a conference call with reporters to discuss the security breach and what it called “disturbing revelations” about the way the Sanders campaign accessed and handled their “sensitive” campaign information.
As the world turned its collective head toward President Donald Trump ‘s bevy of scandals, controversy has quietly brewed on the other side of the aisle—but you’d need to look beyond mainstream media outlets to know it.
Essentially, the suit argues that the DNC violated its own charter—specifically, Article 5 Section 4—which states the chairperson of the party “shall exercise impartiality and even-handedness” between candidates running for president and their respective campaigns.
A month after the suit was filed, the DNC and former Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who was also named a defendant, filed a motion to have the suit dismissed because they claimed they were not served the lawsuit correctly. A judge ruled it could continue after the lawsuit was re-served.
The court must now decide whether the lawsuit can move forward or if it will be dismissed, as the DNC has requested. In the meantime, you can check out the original complaint here. And you can read a transcript of the April 25 hearing here.
Sanders, who represented a leftward shift from the Clinton and Obama centrists who typically receive large backings from wealthy Democratic donors, has become the symbolic face of the resistance under the new White house administration.
The most recent court hearing on the case was held on April 25, during which the DNC reportedly argued that the organization's neutrality among Democratic campaigns during the primaries was merely a "political promise," and therefore it had no legal obligations to remain impartial throughout the process.
Jared Beck, a Harvard Law graduate and one of the several attorneys who filed the suit against the DNC and its former chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz, wants retribution for donations made by supporters to the Vermont senator's campaign, citing six legal claims of the DNC's deceptive conduct, negligent misrepresentation and fraud.
Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Friday sued the Democratic National Committee in federal court after the party organization withheld the campaign’s access to a crucial voter database.
Two senior Democrats familiar with the program and the investigation told CNN that the Sanders campaign accessed turnout projections for Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, a key piece of strategy the Clinton campaign has been working on with modeling and analytics.
Josh Uretsky, Sanders’ national data director who was fired Thursday by the campaign for accessing the database, told CNN Friday that he was not trying to look at Clinton’s data and denied that voter file information had been downloaded.
Sanders supporters and liberal groups have reacted to the news of Sanders’ campaign being punished by questioning the neutrality of the DNC, hinting that the body is in the tank for Clinton.