Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey resigns in wake of email breach

Abby Phillip and Katie Zezima, Washington Post/ Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey has resigned amid the controversy over the release of a cache of hacked emails from the committee, according to a Democrat familiar with the matter.

Dacey's resignation would make her the second person to step down after the breach. A trove of nearly 20,000 emails were posted on WikiLeaks last month. They included some emails that raising questions about the faith of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders and others that seemed to disparage donors.

The release of the emails sparked a firestorm on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, leading Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to announce her resignation.

Officials familiar with the incident have told The Washington Post that Russian government hackers breached the committee, as well as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The FBI is still investigating and attempting to determine if emails obtained by Russia were the same ones posted on WikiLeaks and made public.