Bernie Sanders doesn't like the DNC's joint fundraising with Hillary Clinton

Bernie Sanders claims that the DNC has made major violations.
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Bernie Sanders' campaign wrote a letter to the Democratic National Committee on Monday arguing that the group's joint fundraising with Hillary Clinton raises "serious apparent violations."

"While the use of joint fundraising agreements has existed for some time — it is unprecedented for the DNC to allow a joint committee to be exploited to the benefit of one candidate in the midst of a contested nominating contest," Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.