DNC Leaks Reveal Perks of Being Big Donor, DNC's Disregard for Cancer Patient

From golf outings to private dinners and more...

7.28.2016

More on the DNC-Wikileaks front that reveal the kinds of perks associated with being a big donor to the Party.

On Wednesday ABC reported on the latest revelations to come from the hacked DNC emails and voice mail files, noting that heft donations secured access to President Barack Obama and others. ABC reports:

The release of a trove of embarrassing hacked internal emails and private voice mail recordings reveal not only the unseemly dealmaking involved in recruiting high-dollar donations for political campaigns but also the role fundraising officials play in approving and denying access to President Barack Obama and other top officials.

At least two former U.S. ambassadors called the Democratic National Committee to speak about personal meetings with the president, according to audio recordings of the calls included in the leaks. One is heard on a recording from May for now outgoing DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz seeking to confirm plans to attend a “small dinner” with Obama. Another had a staffer call DNC fundraising officials for tickets to a St. Patrick’s Day event with the president.

“We’ve received an invitation to the vice president’s breakfast but not the White House reception,” the staffer said in a February recording. Later the staffer called back to confirm that the invitation was received.

Another damning revelation to come out of the leaked DNC communications shows how DNC Finance Chair Jordan Kaplan treated a donor who was battling cancer:

There are emails that describe a donor angling for seats next to Obama at a roundtable discussion and one about assigning seats for donors at a White House state dinner. In one, a major contributor from Maryland who had cancer was bumped from a seat next to the president because another, more prolific giver was attending the same event.

“A lot of people unfortunately get sick,” wrote finance director Jordan Kaplan, who oversees DNC fundraising and was the writer of hundreds of the leaked emails.

He told ABC News this week he was “embarrassed” to see the internal communication exposed to the world.

“It was conversation we were having amongst our team, and again, I’m sorry people have read them, and I’m embarrassed it’s out there,” Kaplan said.

Kaplan's words reveal the truth and the true face of the DNC: He is embarrassed only that he and his minions were found out -- not because of the deplorable way he and his staff actually behaved.

Additional Kaplan-emails reveal he asked his staff members to send him a list of big donors who might be wooed by the prospect of golfing with Obama.

Meanwhile, other documents in the release indicate that a lobbyist with The Podesta Group may have been coordinating with the Party on speech writing. The thought that a lobbyist might have had a hand in crafting political speeches delivered by DNC candidates is disturbing to say the least.

To its credit, ABC is reporting on this issue, though much of the mainstream media continue to remain silent. Wikileak's Julian Assange has, meanwhile, promised more leaks to come that will be damaging to Hillary Clinton.