Pressure on DNC Chair Ken Martin builds amid questions over how he handled the 2024 autopsy

The Democratic National Committee plunged into a fresh round of chaos after Chair Ken Martin was forced to release an autopsy report he commissioned about the failed 2024 presidential campaign.

The Democratic National Committee plunged into a fresh round of chaos Thursday after Chair Ken Martin was forced to release an autopsy report he commissioned about the failed 2024 presidential campaign.

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Instead of quelling speculation about the findings and outrage over Martin’s initial insistence on keeping it secret, the release aggravated an extended public relations and management nightmare.

After months refusing to make the autopsy public but saying the DNC was learning important lessons from it, Martin on Thursday gave a different story: Actually, he said, the report wasn’t complete, and he didn’t stand behind it. The document that was released was filled with DNC annotations rebutting various assertions.