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The Democratic Party's leader, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), announced her resignation today, effective immediately after the Democratic National Committee ends in Philadelphia later this week. The eleventh-hour reorganization comes in the wake of an email hack that released nearly 20,000 emails from top DNC officials.

"Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as party chair at the end of this convention," Wasserman Schultz said in a statement.

The convention itself begins tomorrow, and earlier this afternoon, it was announced that Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) would be replacing Wasserman Schultz in her role as chairwoman for the convention, according to an email her office sent to NPR. Wasserman Schultz, while technically party chair, will no longer have a speaking role at the convention.

"As Party Chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans," Wasserman Schultz's statement continued. "We have planned a great and unified Convention this week and I hope and expect that the DNC team that has worked so hard to get us to this point will have the strong support of all Democrats in making sure this is the best convention we have ever had."

A little backstory: On Friday, Wikileaks put up 19,252 emails from January 2015 to May 25 of this year. In a nutshell, they seem to be batting ideas around about how to hurt Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at the polls, including one email from a top brass that appears to be asking whether they should reference Sanders' Jewish faith to weaken his position in the South. Of course, all of this is more than against the rules: The DNC is supposed to be neutral and even-handed when it comes to campaigning candidates since it technically represents whoever is running.

The leak echoes what Sanders has been saying for some time: His camp called out Wasserman Schultz, who happened to co-chair Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, saying that she was attempting to undermine his campaign.

Sanders reiterated his sentiments this morning: "I mean there's no question to my mind, and I think no question to any objective observer's mind, that the DNC was supporting Hillary Clinton and was at opposition to our campaign," Sanders said.

According to CNN, the senator also publicly called for her resignation this morning: "It is an outrage and sad that you would have people in important positions in the DNC trying to undermine my campaign. It goes without saying: The function of the DNC is to represent all of the candidates—to be fair and even-minded."

However, Sanders maintained his support for Clinton, stressing that the main priority is to defeat Donald Trump in the coming election.

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