Harry Reid Outright Accuses FBI Director Of Tilting Election To Trump
Sen. Harry Reid told CNN's Manu Raju that he didn't think FBI Director James Comey "may have" swayed the election presidential election for Trump, but said, "I didn't say 'may have,' I think he did."
Sen. Reid was being interviewed by Raju and was asked a whole host of questions including how he felt about James Comey's disastrous letter to Congress ten days before the general election.
Raju asked, "You said that Comey may have swayed this election to --"
Sen. Reid replied, "I didn't say 'may have,' I think he did."
Raju, "You think he did."
538's Nate Silver tweeted this out about the impact of the Comey letter on Sunday.
I'll put it like this: Clinton would almost certainly be President-elect if the election had been held on Oct. 27 (day before Comey letter).
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 11, 2016
The CNN host backed up and asked Senator Reid how much blame should go to the Democrats for the loss and Reid replied, The message must not have been too bad. She's [Hillary] going to wind up getting 3 million more votes than Trump, so it couldn't have been too bad."
Raju again asked what his responsibility for the loss was.