Sen. Dianne Feinstein defended Hillary Clinton from a recent State Department inspector general report. | Getty Feinstein: ‘All but over’ for Sanders

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday called on Bernie Sanders to consider suspending his campaign in an attempt to unify the party around front-runner Hillary Clinton.

“He ought to be able to read the signposts as well as anybody else, and if he did that, he would know that it's all but over,” Feinstein said on ABC’s “This Week.” “I know the passion of a campaign. I know when you're in it, and you just keep go, go, go until the last hour is there. Well, the last hour is close by.”


Clinton stands a chance of securing enough delegates to put Sanders away on June 7 when California and other states hold their primaries. Sanders is focused on trying to halt Clinton's progress with a strong showing that day.

Feinstein also defended Clinton from a recent State Department inspector general report finding serious fault with how the former secretary of state handled her private email. Feinstein said the report shows, “The department does not handle these electronic platform operations well and needs to do better.”

“I mean, what do people want? This goes on and on and on,” Feinstein said. “Hillary Clinton broke no law.”