Another round of hacked Hillary Clinton campaign emails published by WikiLeaks on Monday revealed Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile may have leaked debate questions on more than one occasion. The day before a scheduled CNN Democratic presidential debate between Clinton and her primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Flint, Michigan, Brazile sent an email to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and Clinton director of communications Jennifer Palmieri with an unambiguous subject line: "One of the questions directed to HRC tomorrow is from a woman with a rash."
Within the email, Brazile went on to explain that the women's family has lead poisoning and "she will ask what, if anything, will Hillary do as president to help" the people of Flint:
The day after Brazile sent the email, a woman asked Clinton the following question at the debate: "After my family, the city of Flint, and the children in D.C. were poisoned by lead, will you make a personal promise to me right now that, as president, in your first 100 days in office, you will make it a requirement that all public water systems must remove all lead service lines throughout the entire United States?"
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This marked the second time leaked emails appeared to indicate that Brazile revealed questions in advance. In another email published earlier this month, Brazile wrote in the subject line, "From time to time I get the questions in advance," before going on to share a question very similar to one Clinton was asked in a March 13 town hall.
Brazile has denied sharing questions in advance with the Clinton campaign, and in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, she suggested the leaked emails were "doctored."
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