John Podesta protested on Sunday morning's 'State of the Union' on CNN, when host Jake Tapper said that the FBI must have significant evidence in order for them to re-open their probe into Hillary Clinton.



Tapper said: "Obviously the FBI agents who stumbled upon them read some of them, and determined them to be pertinent and realized that."



"Do you know that, Jake? Do you know that?" Podesta said. "We don't know anything."



"That’s according to the report," Tapper replied. "I’m telling you that’s according to the reporting of Evan Perez, our Justice Department correspondent. It’s not as though they didn’t know anything in the emails."



He continued: "They stumbled upon them, found they seem to be pertinent to the Clinton email server investigation and that is why--"



"Seemed to be pertinent, might not be significant, 11 days before the election," Podesta stated. "Is that something you toss on the table or do you take the time to do what other prosecutors have done in the past and make sure that it is so significant that you had to go forward with it."



"I don’t fault him for taking a look at whatever he’s found, we don’t really know what that is,” he continued... Let him come forward and say why."





TAPPER: Well, he said that it was pertinent to the investigation.



And here's the world according to James Comey's perspective. FBI agents are investigating the husband of one of Hillary Clinton' top aides for allegedly sending elicit material to an underaged girl. In the course of that, they stumble upon e-mails that seem to be relevant to the other investigation, the Clinton investigation.



Suddenly, Comey finds that his sworn statement from September that the FBI had completed its review was no longer true. They had more materials. Now, Clinton didn't follow protocols when she started her e-mail server. Huma Abedin did not turn over that computer. Weiner was doing what he was doing.



And you and the Clinton campaign seem to be blaming Comey for being transparent with Congress. What was he supposed to do?



PODESTA: Well, look, Jake, I think he should have done, in my view and in the view of many senior people in both Democratic and Republican administrations -- two deputy attorney generals from the Bush administration have already come out.



He should have taken further steps. Yahoo News reported last night that they haven't even looked at the contents of these. So, to throw this in the middle of the campaign 11 days out just seemed to break with precedent and be inappropriate at this stage. If they're not significant, they're not significant. So, he might



have taken the first step of actually having looked at them before he did this in the middle of a presidential campaign so close to the voting.



TAPPER: But it's not that they haven't read any of them. Obviously, the FBI agents who stumbled upon them read some of them, and determined them to be pertinent and realized that they didn't have...



PODESTA: Do you know that, Jake? Do you know that?



TAPPER: That's according to the report.



PODESTA: We don't know anything.



TAPPER: It's according to -- I'm telling you, according to the reporting of Evan Perez, our Justice Department correspondent. It's not as though they didn't know anything in the e-mails.



They stumbled upon them, found that they seemed to be pertinent to the Clinton e-mail server investigation. And that is why...



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PODESTA: Seemed to be pertinent, might not be significant, 11 days before the election, is that something you toss on the table, or do you take the time to do what other prosecutors have done in the past and make sure that it is so significant that you had to go forward with it?



So, I don't fault him for taking a look at whatever he's found. We don't really know what that is. But, at this stage, having taken the step, then he at least ought it would explain if he think they're significant or not significant. Let's -- let him come forward and say why.



TAPPER: Do you accept the fundamental premise that the reason we're here is because Hillary Clinton and her inner circle, not including you, made a horrible decision to set up her private e-mail server and everything that has happened since then is her fault?



PODESTA: Well, look, I think she's apologized for setting up a private e-mail server, said it was an mistake. She said she wouldn't do it over again.



I think she -- it's very clear that this has been an issue through the course of this campaign. I think she obviously would like to take that decision back, but she's learned from it. And I think what's important about this campaign at this stage, with nine days to go, is who's fit to be president, who has the experience, and the question of whether Donald Trump is too dangerous, too temperamentally unfit to be president of the United States.



TAPPER: John, what is...



PODESTA: So, that's what we're going to close on.



And we're going to talk -- she's going to talk about the future she wants to build in building an economy that's going to work for everyone, not just people at the top. And we're going to be distracted by this.



TAPPER: I always hear the Clinton team -- I always hear the Clinton team say that she's learned from it. What has she learned?



PODESTA: Well, look, I think, as she said many times, she wouldn't do it over again.