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This segment from Lost in America, the Story of Election 2016 Part One examines the explosive claim that the Democratic National Committee tilted the 2016 primary in Hillary Clinton's favor. As Bernie Sanders surged with grassroots energy and anti-Wall Street messaging, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz faced mounting accusations that she was limiting debates, favoring Clinton fundraising, and leaning on superdelegates to protect Clinton's lead.
The segment reveals a critical detail few knew at the time: a secretly struggling DNC, still buried in debt from 2012, agreed in August 2015 to hand Clinton's campaign strategic and financial control in exchange for a badly needed cash infusion. That arrangement became public a year later when thousands of hacked DNC emails surfaced, exposing internal bias against Sanders, forcing Wasserman Schultz's resignation, and marking the first visible sign of Russian interference in the 2016 race.
Watch the complete documentary, Lost in America Part One, on the Jim Heath Channel.