And an email obtained by NBC News, first published by the Washington Post, shows the DNC’s lawyers told the Sanders campaign they could have some influence over how money would be spent to prepare for the general election if they raised enough cash for the party. “If you’re raising significantly more than the amount to cover the voter file for the DNC, DNC staff would be happy to chat with the Sanders team and come to an understanding about the best way to use those funds to prepare for the general election at the DNC,” Graham Wilson of the firm Perkins Coie wrote. “The DNC has had discussions like this with the Clinton campaign and is of course willing to do so with all.” However, Sanders’ joint fundraising agreement with the DNC, signed in November, 2015, which was also obtained by NBC News, does not appear to include a supplemental deal. And two of the Sanders campaign’s former top officials say they were never specifically offered one like Clinton’s and had no knowledge of their rival campaign’s arrangement. “We had no addendum like this, no memorandum, no agreement like this,” said Mark Longabaugh, who was the campaign’s chief liaison to the DNC. “They basically came to us and said, here’s the agreement, take it or leave it.” “I had no idea there was a side memorandum with the Clinton campaign,” he added.
Bernie Sanders Camp: The Fix Was in Against Us
