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Bernie Sanders fails to oust Clinton backers from Democratic Convention roles

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

WASHINGTON — Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders’ request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party’s summer convention.

Sanders’ presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut’s governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn’t be relied upon to perform their roles “fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias.”

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Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.

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Democratic officials responded to Sanders’ request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn’t alleging any violations of that process.

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