This is funny because she's explaining how she didn't know beforehand.
Now read past the first paragraph.
By September 7, the day I called Bernie, I had found my proof and it broke my heart.
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The Saturday morning after the convention in July, I called Gary Gensler, the chief financial officer of Hillarys campaign. He wasted no words. He told me the Democratic Party was broke and $2 million in debt.
What? I screamed. I am an officer of the party and theyve been telling us everything is fine and they were raising money with no problems.
That wasnt true, he said. Officials from Hillarys campaign had taken a look at the DNCs books. Obama left the party $24 million in debt$15 million in bank debt and more than $8 million owed to vendors after the 2012 campaignand had been paying that off very slowly. Obamas campaign was not scheduled to pay it off until 2016. Hillary for America (the campaign) and the Hillary Victory Fund (its joint fundraising vehicle with the DNC) had taken care of 80 percent of the remaining debt in 2016, about $10 million, and had placed the party on an allowance.
If I didnt know about this, I assumed that none of the other officers knew about it, either. That was just Debbies way. In my experience she didnt come to the officers of the DNC for advice and counsel. She seemed to make decisions on her own and let us know at the last minute what she had decided, as she had done when she told us about the hacking only minutes before the Washington Post broke the news.
The Friday Cover Sign up for POLITICO Magazines email of the weeks best, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning. Email Your email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. On the phone Gary told me the DNC had needed a $2 million loan, which the campaign had arranged.
No! That cant be true! I said. The party cannot take out a loan without the unanimous agreement of all of the officers.
Gary, how did they do this without me knowing? I asked. I dont know how Debbie relates to the officers, Gary said. He described the party as fully under the control of Hillarys campaign, which seemed to confirm the suspicions of the Bernie camp. The campaign had the DNC on life support, giving it money every month to meet its basic expenses, while the campaign was using the party as a fund-raising clearinghouse. Under FEC law, an individual can contribute a maximum of $2,700 directly to a presidential campaign. But the limits are much higher for contributions to state parties and a partys national committee.