Then Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Twitter : " Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Bernie Sanders . Mock his heritage and much more . On-line from Wikileakes , really vicious . RIGGED . " The leak fueled tensions going into the 2016 Democratic National Convention : although DNC operatives initially denied accusations of bias , Sanders operatives and multiple media commentators cited the leaks as clear evidence that the DNC had been favoring Clinton and undermining Sanders . Several media commentators have disputed the significance of the emails , arguing that the DNC 's internal preference for Clinton was not historically unusual and was unlikely to have swayed the final outcome of the primary ; whereas many of Sanders ' supporters viewed the revelations as symptomatic of an entrenched , unethical political establishment
2016 Democratic National Convention
2016 Democratic National Convention
2016 Democratic National Committee email leak