The Democratic National Party announced today that the Death Star would be offline during the upcoming national convention.

The news of the station being powered down, which came as a surprise to many supporters, comes after many high profile blunders embarrassing to the party including the release of nearly 20,000 emails from the DNC. Sources within the DNC believe the email leak to be the work of Bothan spies sympathetic to the Trump Rebellion.

Sources within the Trump Rebellion have confirmed that the station is offline, but have so far declined to take credit for the email leak.

The email leak has already led to the resignation of DNC head Debbie ‘Two-Bagger’ Wasserperson Putz. The departure of Putz coming at such a pivotal moment is not a good sign for the stability of the empire.

When reached for comment Putz said “Uh…duh…hmm…Trump is Hitler…mmmm…Uh…?”

Officials speaking on behalf of the incoming Dark Lord Hillary are pointing the blame towards a ‘YouTube’ video known as ‘Ham Sandwich‘. “That damn video has struck again,” say officials close to Lord Hillary. “Putz was one of our best sockpuppets, and her loss will be a great loss to the upcoming coronation.”