CNN severs ties with Donna Brazile after she fed debate questions to Hillary Clinton
Cameron Joseph | NY Daily News
Oct 31, 2016
Click here

[snip]

CNN has accepted Donna Brazile's resignation as a contributor after new hacked emails showed she tipped off Hillary Clinton's campaign about likely primary debate questions.

"CNN never gave Brazile access to any questions, prep material, attendee list, background information or meetings in advance of a town hall or debate. We are completely uncomfortable with what we have learned about her interactions with the Clinton campaign while she was a CNN contributor," CNN spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas said in a statement.

The network said the move happened on Oct. 14, after WikiLeaks first released emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta that showed Brazile had sent along questions to Clinton's campaign.

But its decision to go public with the statement came shortly after more WikiLeaks emails showed that earlier exchange to be part of a pattern. In early March, before an upcoming CNN town hall, she suggested Clinton work on her explanation that she approves of the death penalty.