The revelations from former Democratic National Committee (DNC) interim chair Donna Brazile created quite a stir in national politics. Her Politico article, “Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC,” an extract from a forthcoming tell-all book, had everyone from Elizabeth Warren to Donald Trump buzzing about Hillary Clinton’s “rigged” primary contest against Bernie Sanders.

The details boil down to this:

1. The DNC was in debt to the tune of $25 million after the 2012 election due to general neglect from the Obama administration and the inherited decisions of then-chair Wasserman Schultz;

2. in 2015 Clinton’s campaign organization put the DNC on life support in exchange for influence over budgetary, hiring, and strategic decisionmaking; and

3. by moving funds around from “party building” accounts to the campaign, the Clinton organization effectively circumvented campaign finance laws limiting the size of individual donations while depriving state parties of critical resources.