CBS' Nancy Cordes with Team hildebeest Campaign Chairman, John Podesta about Mueller's Friday indictments.
JOHN PODESTA: Well, look, this was one part of a, of a complex, active interference in the measures... They were pushing votes, just to give one example, to Jill Stein. Her vote in Michigan, in Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin was greater than the gap between Donald Trump and hildebeest in those states. So you can't prove that it did affect the outcome, but it certainly seems likely that it had some impact.
NANCY CORDES: But it does beg the question, how is it that these Russian operatives knew to focus on purple states like Michigan and Wisconsin, and your campaign didn't?
JOHN PODESTA: Well, of course, [sputter, sputter] we spent a lot of time, energy, and effort [sputter, sputter] in all those states.
NANCY CORDES: hildebeest, herself, did not spend much time in those states.
JOHN PODESTA: We, you know, we had [sputter, sputter] -- Tim Kaine was there, [sputter, sputter] Odumbo was in -- and she spent enormous time in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
(Face the Nation)