LAS VEGAS (AP) – Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley says email allegations swirling around front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton is a distraction and the party is making a mistake if it lets it define the nomination contest.
The former Maryland governor was answering a reporter’s questions in Las Vegas Wednesday morning outside the Trump International Hotel. He was with unionizing workers when the topic of Clinton’s emails arose.
O’Malley wouldn’t say if he thinks Clinton is being honest or not and says only that the former secretary of state and her lawyers can answer questions about the emails.
He says some people in the Democratic National Committee are “circling the wagons” as allegations continue to define each day of her campaign.
O’Malley says the party should be hosting more debates on substantive issues.