robby mook declined to appear. joining us now, someone who has studied the history and processes of wikileaks, josh singer who wrote the film about julian assange and wikileaks. josh, you studied wikileaks from the ground up and apparently, they have technical abilities and systems in the early years that they don't have now. is wikileaks just julian assange alone in a room now? >> wikileaks started as a whistle blowing organization. their whole drive was to present, was to have a submission platform where whistle-blowers could anonymously give information that would expose corruption. you know, they did some great work early on. they exposed corruption in a bank, people who were not paying their taxes. >> donald trumps. >> exactly. that's kind of person they would have gone after back in the day. you know, there was a big mutiny at wikileaks right around the time of the american data dumps, when they released the iraq war logs, the u.s. diplomatic cables, where i think certain people in the organization suddenly d

thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> now to clinton campaign manager robby mook. robby, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks more having me. >> we just talked to kellyanne on appear to be in the polls. at this point, are you looking past 270 electoral votes to try to run up the score, one, so you can say clinton won a mandate, and two, to try to win a democratic house and senate? >> well, chris, every presidential campaign has to work to get to that 270 number. we're not taking anything for granted at all. so that's still our focus and our goal. secretary clinton at the beginning of this campaign said candidates up and down the ballot. so we're running a coordinated campaign, working hard with gubernatorial, senate, and house candidates. but we're not -- you know, this is not over yet. background states are called background states for a reason. that's because they're going to be close. we expect them all to be won or lost by a point or two. we're working very hard on the ground. >> aren't you widening the map in these final two weeks? we see you going into

. >>> then clinton's campaign manager robby mook responds. plus, we'll ask our sunday panel how the fbi's announcement reshapes the presidential race. all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. the presidential campaign has tak fbi announcement it's reviewing new evidence in the clinton private e-mail case. that was triggered by a separate investigation into sexting by former new york congressman anthony weiner, estranged husband of top clinton aide huma abedin. both the clinton and trump camps are calling on the fbi to release the details. we're going to spend the full hour drilling into the effect this may have on the race. running mate, mike pence, clinton campaign manager, robby mook, and the chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes. >> chris, a law enforcement source tells fox news that thousands of records are involved. the new york fbi team assessed them as relevant, telling their colleagues on the clinton e-mail case, quote, we think we've come across some documents pertinent

robby mook, campaign manager for hillary clinton. n, robby mook, first of all, we know hillary clinton is doing well in the polls, so what does she need to do tonight? can she just rest on her laurels and sit back and not take any chances? >> well, not at all, judy. first of all, our campaign doesn't take anything for granted. we run like we're 20 points behind no matter what, but more importantly, this debate is a terrific opportunity for hillary to speak directly to the american people in an unfiltered way about the real plans se has to make a difference in their lives. this election is supposed to be about the american people, their future, and the candidates are supposed to be on that stage proving they can actually make a difference and improve people's lives. so that's what we hope this debate is about. hillary's come prepared to the last two debates, she's going to come prepared to this debate to have a substantive discussion of the issues. >> woodruff: we know, robby mook, donald trump invited a number of individuals to be his

joining me now is hillary clinton's campaign manager robby mook. robby, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks, chuck. >> let me start with getting your -- to react to how democrats talked about james comey before friday. here it is. >> this is a great man. we are very privileged in our country to have him be the director of the fbi. >> no one can question the integrity, the competence. >> wonderful and tough career public servant. jim was in the u.s. attorney's office in the eastern district of virginia when i was the mayor of richmond. he is somebody with the highest standards of integrity. >> robbie, the final sound bite was from hillary's running mate tim kaine, a and he said it two weeks ago. does secretary clinton and senator kaine still believe those things about jim comey? >> i think the director does have a long and distinguished record. i think that's why people are particularly puzzled about this letter that was sent to the hill. first and foremost, it was three paragraphs. it didn't provide any details whatsoever. he said that there

clinton headquarters in brooklyn, new york, to discuss friday's shocker is clinton campaign manager robby mook. robby, what's your reaction to fbi director comey's announcement, and why do you think he did it? >> chris, thanks for having me. you know, we were very surprised by this what we're asking at this point is director comey get all the information out on the table, all of it, so the american people can judge for themselves. this issue was vetted through for months. director comey came to a conclusion. we believe the voters have already made up their minds on this issue. so we find it very strange that ten days out, that he's putting this letter out there. and we discovered last night from yahoo! news that he and the justice department may not have messages. we just want all the information out there. >> why do you think he did it? >> i don't know. and this is the problem, chris. this letter was put out there. we have no information whatsoever about what might be in those e-mails. again, according to yahoo! news , it appears he may not have seen any of these e-mails at all. so we think h

is robby mook right? i know you are a republican who is not a trump supporters.lso not a fan of hillary clinton. given that context, was comey's action here reckless, maybe dangerous? >> i think it's really hypocritical on both sides of the aisle, the response to these allegations. republicans were so angry at comey back in july. the clinton camp was happy that he dismissed the investigation. the investigation though was never technically closed. i think when you have a figure like tomorrow comey making thef making this investigation so public that, yes, this is -- we shouldn't be surprised that this has come to the forefront. i think that in the end, it probably will be somewhat beneficial to hillary clinton just because i do think that it energizes her base of supporters to go out and vote for her and for down pal lballot republican this couldn't be a greater gift. >> do you think it will energize her supporters? >> it will take some of the trump supporters who are reading the polls were saying, no reason for me to vote, donald says it's rigged, i'm not getting

robby mook foreshadowed this is the strategy going forward.uestion is how will mike pence deal with it. in covering him through the years, watch for him to side-step it try to get back on message. hillary clinton prosecuted the case in a more effective way than donald trump has done during the last debate. >> former radio broadcaster and a skilled politician on message. angela. >> one of the things i am hoping for is that the moderator will call mike pence on his record. his record is not spotless. it certainly is in greater alignment with donald trump's. he has been very anti lgbtq. from hiv/aids bills. he has a record of, frankly, hatred. >> that's not true. he has an excellent record. i think we'll see him elevate the campaign to a higher level. you'll hear mike pence saying i lowered taxes in indiana. here is how i'll do it for the nation with trump at my side. >> the question is really, how do mike pence balance donald trump without contradicting donald trump. he has been able to do it pretty well during the campaign but kaine will press

. >> huma abedin e-mailed john podesta and robbie mook in january 2015, quote, this was hrr's idea, our office approached the moroccans and they 100% believe they are doing this at her request. she concluded she created this mess and she knows it. on fox news sunday, chris wallace confronted mook about the latest pay to play involving the clinton foundation. >> i didn't want anything on her schedule that would distract from the campaign. an again, the clinton global initiative had this meeting scheduled in morocco. >> but it is money from a foreign person to the foundation at the time she is running for president. >> this is, as you could see in the e-mails, this is a scheduling matter and we didn't want her going overseas, i didn't want her going overseas before the campaign was kicking off. >> as for campaign, mook said donald trump's rhetoric is allowing the clinton team to compete in red states. >> every campaign wants to win by the biggest margin possible. so that would be great. the reason that we've gone into arizona is that it has come into play. >> reporter: well the clinton ca

it's hard to take that hypocritical relativism. >> it is and robby mook does a great job spending for hillary but he he even t.s. eliot. the thing that annoys me about this as i expect tax to go out there and spin on behalf of their candidates by the press who treats one set of facts as it applies to one candidate as okay and the same set of facts is off limits. the bottom line is it doesn't matter to me whether or not the hillary campaign doesn't want to talk about wikileaks. kennedy: absolutely right in to hold them accountable whether it's her in a debate or her campaign manager you are absolutely right. we should have answers. i realize a lot of this stuff isn't as salacious but you actually watched watch it live. >> i watched the whole thing live and it was whatever stripper had to get out of bed at 8:00 the morning because the clintons who corrupt to accuse trump of something. can you imagine this poor girl who just got home an hour ago tried to sweat tequila through hurt letter. hi how would you like to help the letting campaign flacks gloria allred on caller i.d.. kennedy: lov

did you have any idea of the depth of this story, john podesta's asks robby mook? nope, he replies. we brought up the existence of e-mails in research this summer but were told everything was taken care of. in a separate exchange advisor neera tanden asked who was responsible. do we know who told clinton she could use a private e-mail? has that person been drawn and quartered. going on to says like whole thing is fin' insane. clinton and her campaign worry high expectations could convince some voters that she'll win without their vote. >> we cannot stop for a minute. no complacency here. nobody -- nobody flagging. we've got to get everybody out to vote. >> reporter: the campaign manager, robby mook, putting out a video online urging people to actually listen to donald trump, who has been saying not to believe the polls, that he could still win. robby mook saying, he is right, he doesn't want people, obviously, to be complacent, and they're worried that some people -- and i think especially it's those people in the middle, maybe folks who don't want to vote for donald trump or hillar

makes they think podesta is a straight shooter and robby mook.e want her to be more transparent and stop acting the way she's going to act. podesta saying if my integrity is going to be questioned, if i'm setting myself up for this, i'm out. they're dumb founded as to why cheryl mills is allowed to continue to circle around hillary clinton and basically make all of the bad judgment calls and play into all of her worst instincts and make everyone else's job around the campaign harder. >> on top of what podesta said about cheryl mills, you had robby mook where he says i'm not playing this game. i'm not doing this secretive stuff. i'm not going to be part of it. it's interesting as nicole said earlier. we're getting an open look for what we assume was happening inside the campaign which is most of the campaign felt the way the rest of the world did. it was dumb not to apologize for it. >> we're talking about staff. it's sort of inside the palace intrigue. the story is the candidate. so to the degree that questions about whether it will be enablers,

appreciate you sharing your views. >>> joining me from the other side, hillary clinton campaign manager, robby mook. mr. mook, welcome to the show. >> good morning. >> i want to play a new ad that the trump campaign is hitting on hillary clinton and get you to respond to it on theth you might ask? >> maybe it's because the director of the fbi said you lied about your e-mails. >> there was classified material e-mails. >> maybe it's because your policies allowed isis and terrorism to spread. or maybe it's because you call americans deplorable. >> so it's that last part, the deplorable, and everything they've put together in the ad. anything in that ad that tells you it is not an effective hit on secretary clinton? isn't true. you know, the fbi said that there was not -- no wrongdoing, that they would bring against secretary clinton. i think a lot of the people that stand by donald trump are deplorable, and the things they say are deplorable. you know, trump has had a really bad week. he failed in the debate. he has spun out of control subsequent to that, insulting machado. his 3:00 a.m. tweet stor sp

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