Republicans are using the scandal created by the release of thousands of Democratic National Committee internal communications to paint Hillary Clinton as untrustworthy and lacking judgement.

The Democrats, meanwhile, are doing damage control within the party, after at least one of the emails shared by WikiLeaks showed officials had favoured Clinton over Bernie Sanders.

Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned, the party has apologized to Sanders, and campaign chairman John Podesta is pointing to “a kind of bromance” between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Here’s a round-up of reactions from all sides of the scandal.

Donald Trump called the emails proof “the rigged system is alive & well” and appealed to Sanders voters to join the Republicans.

Bernie Sanders said the party “must always remain neutral” and welcomed Wasserman Schultz’s resignation.

The Democratic National Committee said sorry for “inexcusable remarks” and that it is committed to “neutrality.”

“On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email. These comments do not reflect the values of the DNC or our steadfast commitment to neutrality during the nominating process. The DNC does not -- and will not -- tolerate disrespectful language exhibited toward our candidates. Individual staffers have also rightfully apologized for their comments, and the DNC is taking appropriate action to ensure it never happens again.

“We are embarking on a convention today that — thanks to the great efforts of Secretary Clinton, her team, Senator Sanders, his team, and the entire Democratic Party — will show a forward-thinking and optimistic vision for America, as compared to the dark and pessimistic vision that the GOP presented last week in Cleveland. Our focus is on electing Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine and Democrats across the country, thanks to Democratic Party that is strong, unified, and poised for victory in November.”

Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman, downplayed suggestions that Russia was interfering in the election.

Priebus told radio host Hugh Hewitt, “the point is, the Russians didn’t write the emails and neither did whoever else. The WikiLeaks people didn’t write the emails. The DNC wrote those emails.”

“So they have to answer for what those emails say and why paid staff and donors to the DNC were adding an arm to the Hillary Clinton campaign during the primary season,” he went on.

Susan Sarandon, an actress and Sanders supporter, called the DNC’s apparent favouring of Clinton “disgusting.”

"That's so disgusting," she told The Young Turks. "The critical question is, Does it matter? Nixon resigned when they broke into the [DNC] headquarters ... and now you found out all this went on?"

Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who revealed widespread surveillance, criticized the choice of Donna Brazile as the new DNC chair.

Donna Brazile, new DNC Chair, apologized to “Sanders, donors, anyone...”

“This apology is not just to Bernie Sanders,” she told CNN. “It is to donors, to anyone and everyone that clearly we offended in the emails that were revealed, that were hacked, and we want to get to the bottom of what happened. “

David Frum, a former George Bush speechwriter and political commentator, said that the only real news is the apparent Russian interference.