Donna Brazile, the former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, admitted for the first time on Friday that she fed Hillary Clinton a question that would be asked during a televised town hall debate last year.

Although she initially denied sending emails to a Clinton staffer about the question, the long-time Democratic Party operative now writes in Time magazine that it 'was a mistake I will forever regret.'

'[Hacked emails] revealed that among the many things I did in my role as a Democratic operative and DNC Vice Chair prior to assuming the interim DNC Chair position was to share potential town hall topics with the Clinton campaign,' Brazile writes.

'I had been working behind the scenes to add more town hall events and debates to the primary calendar, and I helped ensure those events included diverse moderators and addressed topics vital to minority communities.'

Donna Brazile (above), the former interim chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, admitted for the first time on Friday that she fed Hillary Clinton a question that would be asked during a televised town hall debate last year

Brazile emailed a Clinton staffer about a question she would be asked during a March 13, 2016, town hall debate with her Democratic rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (seen right with Clinton during a town hall debate in Brooklyn, New York, on April 14, 2016)

'My job was to make all our Democratic candidates look good, and I worked closely with both campaigns to make that happen. But sending those emails was a mistake I will forever regret.'

On March 12, 2016, one day before the CNN-moderated Democratic debate between Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Brazile sent an email about the death penalty to Clinton staffer Jennifer Palmieri with the subject: 'From time to time I get the questions in advance,' according to emails obtained by WikiLeaks.

The death penalty question was repeated verbatim in an email debate co-host Roland Martin sent to CNN producers the next day, and the question was asked using similar wording during the event in Columbus, Ohio.

Brazile's message was among the emails from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta's account that were hacked by an unknown agent and then published by WikiLeaks.

On March 12, 2016, one day before the debate, Brazile sent an email (above) about the death penalty to Clinton staffer Jennifer Palmieri with the subject: 'From time to time I get the questions in advance,' according to emails obtained by WikiLeaks

The US government and the intelligence community believes that Russia was behind the hacks against Podesta, which were part of a strategy to help Donald Trump eventually win the presidency.

Initially, Brazile denied sending the emails.

During an appearance on Fox News, she claimed that the hacked emails which were published by WikiLeaks were altered.

When Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly confronted Brazile on October 19 asking how she got the question in advance, Brazile said she refused to be 'persecuted' before adding: 'I am not going to try to validate falsified information.'

When Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (left) confronted Brazile on October 19 asking how she got the question in advance, Brazile (right) said she refused to be 'persecuted' before adding: 'I am not going to try to validate falsified information'

Clinton's campaign has refused to verify whether the hacked emails were real.

During the presidential debates, however, Clinton's answers about paid Wall Street speeches, snippets of which were cited in the hacked emails, seemed to confirm their validity.

Brazile's message to Palmieri opened with the statement: 'Here's one that worries me about HRC.'

The email then states: '19 states and the District of Columbia have banned the death penalty. 31 states, including Ohio, still have the death penalty. According to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1973, 156 people have been on death row and later set free. Since 1976, 1,414 people have been executed in the US That's 11% of Americans who were sentenced to die, but later exonerated and freed. Should Ohio and the 30 other states join the current list and abolish the death penalty?'

On the day of the debate, Roland Martin's email to CNN producers contained three questions, the last of which mirrored the exact wording in Brazile's message to Palmieri.

The US government believes that Russia was behind the hacks against Clinton aides, which were part of a strategy to help Donald Trump eventually win the presidency. Trump (left) and Clinton (right) are seen during their debate in St. Louis on October 9, 2016

During Wednesday's interview with Kelly, Brazile said: 'I have my documents. I have my files. Thank god I haven't had my emails ripped off from me and stolen and given to some criminal to come back altered.'

She also said: 'As a Christian woman I understand persecution but I will not stand here and be persecuted because your information is totally false.'

'Podesta's emails were stolen. You're so interested in talking about stolen material, you're like a thief that wants to bring into the night the things that you found that was in the gutter.'

On October 31, CNN cut ties with Brazile.

Two weeks after the network made the decision, Brazile launched a scathing attack in response, accusing CNN of besmirching her reputation.

Network head Jeff Zucker reportedly called her behavior 'disgusting' during an editorial meeting after the network announced her resignation.

Brazile maintains that the network did not provide her with the information she allegedly passed on.

'CNN never gave me a question,' she said.

'I wish CNN had given me some other things, like the ability to defend myself rather than ripping me a new one.'