Clinton camp rips 'completely inappropriate' DNC emails

The leaked emails between Democratic National Committee staffers showing favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders were "completely" and "totally inappropriate," the Democratic nominee's campaign manager Robby Mook said Monday.

Asked on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" whether it came as a surprise that the DNC favored Clinton over Sanders, Mook first referred to the provenance of the hack.


"Look, I think what is surprising in this situation is that first of all, that the Russians hacked and released that information for the purpose of embarrassing our campaign but secondly that Donald Trump was out encouraging more of that sort of espionage," Mook said.

Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin followed up, asking whether for Mook as a Democrat, it was "surprising and "and perhaps upsetting to you that the DNC favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders."

"There are certain staff that [sent] certain emails that were totally inappropriate. Totally inappropriate. And it is completely inappropriate for the DNC to be targeting a Democratic candidate for any particular purpose," Mook said.

That part, he continued, "was surprising and it was inappropriate."