DNC chair denies reports about staff 'paranoia,' chaos, but even MS NOW host is skeptical

Democratic National Committee Chair (DNC) Ken Martin denied Saturday that he presided over a paranoid workplace at the party's Washington headquarters — where he'd allegedly even been hit with an HR complaint — prompting MS NOW hosts to question why the allegations were emerging from inside the organization.

Martin was pressed about the alleged HR complaint for throwing a phone at a staffer's desk and reports that employees had become fearful of leaks and decisions he allegedly made in isolation.

Martin denied the reporting and praised the DNC’s employees.

"Multiple sources also described a growing sense of paranoia inside DNC headquarters under your leadership and that the staff had become afraid of leaks and decisions that you were making in isolation," MS NOW co-host Jacqueline Alemany said at one point.

"Well, the reporting is not accurate, but what I would say is every day when I go into the DNC, what I see is a staff that works extremely hard," Martin said.

"They’re working overtime.

I’m usually the first one in, the last one to leave." Martin dismissed the "noise on the outside" and said Democrats were focused on winning in November, when Democrats are hoping to win back Congress to stifle the Trump White House.

DNC CHAIR KEN MARTIN THREW PHONE AT AIDE'S DESK, FACED HR COMPLAINT IN SIGN OF 'FRAYING NERVES': REPORT "But to be fair, Mr.

Chairman, some of this noise is coming from the inside, right?" co-anchor Eugene Daniels asked.

Martin said he did not know why the allegations were coming from inside the DNC before shifting to voters’ economic concerns.

"You know, I don’t know, but as I travel across the country, Eugene, what I hear from the American people, they’re not focused on any of that," Martin said.

The New York Times cited six people familiar with the alleged phone incident, although none witnessed it firsthand.

Accounts differed over how forcefully Martin threw the device, but the newspaper reported that it landed on the aide's desk while Martin reprimanded the staffer and led to a human resources complaint.

SLOTKIN SAYS DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS 'NEW LEADERSHIP': 'OLD MODELS ARE NO LONGER WORKING' NOTUS separately reported that the phone did not strike the aide but left several staffers shaken.