Andrea Mitchell escorted out of room where SoS Tillerson was having a meeting.

[karynnj]

45. I don't think you can prove or disprove that the Russian hacking had an impact

If you look just at polling, the DNC hack did not seem to have a negative impact on HRC - her numbers improved in that interval. That was before and during the DNC convention and there was unity - even after those relevations. I never saw a correlation between any of the Podesta emails and HRC's numbers. It is possible that the constant drip of stories changed the way the campaigns went.

Where there IS a correlation is that the first Comey letter clearly cut her support. This, however, was not technically illegal - though Comey was told not to put it out. The email issue - overblown as it was - was something the result of bad decisions HRC made. She KNEW the email had already been requested before she left office. In retrospect, had she left the work email at the SD electronically, it is likely no one would ever have heard the words "email problem" or" private server". Did she seriously think they would give up asking or that Kerry and Obama would stonrwall for 4 years - destroying their reputations?