The Democratic National Committee’s CEO has quit over the embarrassing email hack that was revealed on the eve of the party’s convention, insiders said Tuesday.
Amy Dacey was the second head to roll in the scandal, which also led to the resignation of party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz after leaked emails confirmed the party, which is supposed to be neutral in the primary process, was in the tank for Hillary Clinton.
Sources also said there could be other departures down the road.
But Dacey landed on her feet, scoring a new gig with Squared Communications, a DC-based Democratic consulting firm.
“As one of the top campaign strategists in our party, and with our experiences together on presidential, Senate and congressional campaigns, Amy will help our firm’s clients navigate this and future election cycles,” Michael Meehan, founder and CEO of Squared Communications, said in a statement.
Before joining the DNC, Dacey was executive director of EMILY’s List, which works to elect female Democrats.
The cache of more than 19,000 DNC messages was made public by the group WikiLeaks — but the feds suspect Russia was also involved.
Democratic Party officials learned in late April that their systems had been attacked when they discovered malicious software on their computers.
A cybersecurity firm found traces of at least two sophisticated hacking groups on the Democrats’ network — both of which have ties to the Russian government.
With Post Wires