Podesta: ‘Absolutely’ Comey’s Letter Played ‘Significant Factor’ in Clinton’s Election Loss

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PODESTA: "Absolutely. Look, we bear responsibility and it's a great burden. I feel it every day. We lost this election. We won the popular vote by a few million votes, but we lost the Electoral College and we lost the election to Donald Trump. You know, we have a burden of his having the keys to the White House and codes to the nuclear flip button. But I think this was a significant factor. We felt like we had a lead that we took away from the three debates. I believe that Hillary won all those debates. The race was tight, we weren't overconfident, but we had a lead and that lead really substantially narrowed after Comey’s letter, and the last week of coverage, which was all about if nothing else, is this thing going to ever end? You know, he—what he opened, he closed, as I said, just a week later. But he could have done that quietly, and consistently with long-standing precedent, of both Democratic and Republican Justice Departments."