Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate, promises to be "real transparent" on NBC's 'Meet The Press.' Clinton claimed this week that she "short-circuited" when she told Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace that FBI director James Comey found her answers on the controversy "truthful" and "consistent."



When questioned about whether Clinton lied to the public when she said that she never sent any classified emails, Kaine replied that Clinton has repeatedly admitted she make a mistake. "I've heard her apologize," he said.



"We're going to be real transparent, absolutely," he said. "I am not presumptuous enough to start thinking about how I'm going to do things after November. But I know that this is something that she's learned from"





CHUCK TODD: You know, in fact, in an interview the other day, you said she told you she's going to do it differently. What does that mean? Are you guys going to be more transparent? What does that mean?



TIM KAINE: It's the same thing that she has said. "Look, knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have done the private server in that way." She said it was a mistake. I am not presumptuous enough to start thinking about how I'm going to do things after November. But I know that this is something that she's learned from, and we're going to be real transparent, absolutely.

CHUCK TODD: Let me ask you, Senator Kaine. She seems to be conflating the true-- what she said to the F.B.I. and what she said to the American public. Can you conclude here whether or not Secretary Clinton lied to the American public about sending and receiving classified e-mails?



TIM KAINE: Chuck, let me just say this. I'm going to jump right to the punch line. I have heard Hillary Clinton say over and over again when I've been sitting next to her and when I've watched her on T.V. that, with respect to the e-mails, "I made a mistake, and I've learned something, and I wouldn't do it again." And I've heard her apologize.



I did hear that back and forth. And I think Chris Wallace and Hillary were sort of talking past each other last week. She was saying what Director Comey acknowledged to be true, that, when she spoke to the F.B.I., when she was talking to the F.B.I., the F.B.I. thought her answers in that setting were truthful. Chris might have been asking her a different question. But the bottom line is this. She made a mistake and she said over and over again, "I made a mistake, and I've learned from it, and I'm going to fix it, and I apologize for it."

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