[on the alleged hacking of DNC emails by Russia] We were attacked by a foreign adversary, and I think it's the responsibility of the government to help individual citizens as well as institutions, nonprofits, corporations to protect us.

[on the alleged hacking of DNC emails by Russia] The emails were weaponized , the thousands of emails that were hacked from the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign staff and then released publicly. "Donald Trump used this information in ways to also sow division. I was very disappointed in his repeated usage some of the stolen information. He used it as if he received daily talking points.

[on the alleged hacking of DNC emails by Russia] I'm still outraged by it, but I want to make sure that this never happens again because this country deserves to have the kind of cyber security experts involved to make sure that our homeland is protected.

[on the alleged hacking of DNC emails by Russia] They came after us absolutely every day until the end of the election. They tried to hack into our system repeatedly.

[on the alleged hacking of DNC emails by Russia] There's no question; I took full responsibility, I spent the entire month of July, all of August, apologizing because of the leaks, while highlighting the "appropriate steps" the party took to prevent another attack afterwards.