--- description: Bernie Sanders urged the head of the Democratic National Committee to resign after emails show officials trying to aid Hillary Clinton. title: Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Leak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9985d98041fc4da3/69889f09f887dc0e7be96c48/gettyimages-579193828.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Email Leak by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2016 2:43 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton attends a rally with Senator Bernie Sanders at Portsmouth High School Gymnasium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on July 12, 2016. Hillary Clinton attends a rally with Senator Bernie Sanders at Portsmouth High School Gymnasium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on July 12, 2016.The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2016 2:43 PM CUT Bernie Sanders on Sunday [called for Democratic National Committee](http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/bernie-sanders-calls-wasserman-schultz-resign-wake-dnc/story?id=40824983 "undefined") chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign after leaked emails appear to show party officials trying to aid Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the primary. The Vermont senator said he was “disappointed” but “not shocked” at what the reported WikiLeaks emails purported to show. Top DNC officials mocked Sanders during the primary race, and at least one email exchange showed officials considered using Sanders’ religious beliefs as a way to hurt his campaign, according to the [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/dnc-emails-sanders-clinton.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined"). “I told you long time ago that the DNC was not running a fair operation, that they were supporting Secretary Clinton,” Sanders told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on _This Week_. “So what I suggested to be true six months ago turned out to be true.” Sanders urged Wasserman Schultz to step down from her post just days before the Democratic National Convention was set to begin in Philadelphia. Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking at the convention in the wake of the email scandal, [CNN ](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/22/politics/dnc-wikileaks-emails/ "undefined")reports. The senator said he is still working to defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and get Clinton elected. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Email Leak","datePublished":"2016-07-24T14:43:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:30:01.784Z","description":"Top DNC officials apparently mocked Sanders, according to leaked emails","url":"https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9985d98041fc4da3/69889f09f887dc0e7be96c48/gettyimages-579193828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9985d98041fc4da3/69889f09f887dc0e7be96c48/gettyimages-579193828.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presumptive Nominee for President former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton","caption":"Hillary Clinton attends a rally with Senator Bernie Sanders at Portsmouth High School Gymnasium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on July 12, 2016.","creditText":"The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4420912/bernie-sanders-dnc-wikileaks-debbie-wasserman-schultz/","name":"Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign After Email Leak"}}]}] ```