US election: Email row claims Debbie Wasserman Schultz

 

The US Democratic Party chair says she will resign as a row over leaked emails threatens efforts for party unity at the presidential nominating convention.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz's move follows a leak of emails appearing to suggest that party insiders tried to thwart the campaign by Hillary Clinton's rival.
Bernie Sanders had pressed for Ms Wasserman Schultz to quit on the eve of the convention.
Mrs Clinton is to be officially nominated at the Philadelphia meeting.
Vermont senator Mr Sanders had said Ms Wasserman Schultz "should not be chair" of the Democratic National Committee.
"And I think these emails reiterate that reason why she should not be chair," he told ABC's This Week programme.
More than 19,000 internal DNC emails were from the accounts of seven leading figures.
Some revealed officials looking at ways to undermine Mr Sanders' campaign, including using his faith.

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