'This Week' Transcript: Paul Manafort, Sen. John Barrasso, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR 'THIS WEEK' ON May 29, 2016 and it will be updated.

JON KARL: Now to the democratic side, where Hillary Clinton is trying to put away Bernie Sanders, at the same time dealing with that scathing report from the State Department’s inspector general on her use of private email while Secretary of State. Joining us now – Dianne Feinstein, the senior senator from the state of California and one of Hillary Clinton’s strongest supporters in Congress. Senator Feinstein, thank you for joining us.

SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA): Thank you.

KARL: I'm going to ask you about that inspector general report. For more than a year, Secretary Clinton has said over and over again that she did not break the rules, but this report makes it clear that she never asked for permission for her private email arrangement and that, if she had, quote, the State Department “did not and would not approve her exclusive reliance on a personal email account to conduct department business.” Has she been misleading the public on this for well over a year?

FEINSTEIN: No, I don't think so. I think questions are asked and answers are sometimes taken out of context. Hillary Clinton broke no law. I read all 42 pages of the report. The conclusion of the report does not say that. What it says is that the department does not handle these electronic platform operations well and needs to do better. Hillary herself has said, 'Yes, I made a mistake. If I had a chance to do it over again, I'd do it differently.' I mean, what do people want? This goes on and on and on. We're reaching the final stages of a primary. Hillary Clinton is going to win this primary. I say enough is enough. Let's get to the major problems facing this nation.

KARL: But Mrs. Clinton has said that it was widely known that she was using her personal email, but if you look at this report, it says that when State Department staffers expressed concerns about the arrangement, their supervisor quote "instructed the staff never to speak of the Secretary's personal email system again." That sure sounds like somebody trying to hide something.

FEINSTEIN: Oh, wait a second. I don't believe she was trying to hide anything. I've known Hillary for a quarter of a century. Let me tell you what I do think. I think this is a woman who wants a little bit of a private life. She wants to be able to communicate with husband, with daughter, with friends and not have somebody looking over her shoulder into her emails. Having said that, it is what it is and, you know, I don't think we should make a federal case over it.

KARL: So Bernie Sanders has seemed more willing to talk about this lately. Just the other day, he was asked about the possibility that Hillary Clinton could be indicted before the Democratic convention and he had this to say:

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BERNIE SANDERS: If, if, if -- and I'm not saying it is -- but if something like that were to happen, would that impact the electorate? Of course it would. And would that be taken into consideration by the delegates? Of course it would.

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KARL: So he's suggesting that if that were to happen, that would be something that could sway a lot of the super delegates -- I assume he's suggesting to support him instead of Hillary Clinton.

FEINSTEIN: Well, I would say I profoundly disagree. I believe that she needs -- she needs effectively 73 more delegates. She will have that after the election in New Jersey, before the polls close in California.

KARL: Now, you have a new poll in California that shows this race is a dead heat. Hillary Clinton is even spending six figures on advertising in the Democratic primary. Is Bernie Sanders doing damage to Hillary Clinton, hurting her chances against Donald Trump by fighting this hard this long?

FEINSTEIN: Well, Bernie-- Look, as been said, Bernie-- Senator Sanders has the right to run, no question. He ought to be able to read the sign posts as well as anybody else, and if he did that, he would know that it's all but over. So the question comes, you know, why doesn't he do those things which bring all Democrats together so that we can have a convention that's positive, not negative, so that we can have a platform that all this great, wide broad-based party can say, 'This is my platform. I am proud of it,' and the Democrats together can march to victory in November. I know the passion of a campaign. I know when you're in it, and you just keep go, go, go until the last hour is there. Well, the last hour is close by. It would be, I think, a very positive gesture for reconciliation if Senator Sanders were to consider putting his campaign in a very real perspective that it's in, and doing those things that could bring the party together.

KARL: So before you go, Donald Trump spent a lot of time in your state. He says that California will be up for grabs this year. Do you think that's possible? Could California go to the Republicans for the first time since 1988?

FEINSTEIN: Well, I'd be prepared to bet on it, and I would bet that would not happen. There have been about two million new registrations. There are seven million to four million Democrats to Republicans, so I don't think that will happen.

KARL: Alright, Senator Feinstein. Thank you for joining us on this Memorial Day weekend.

FEINSTEIN: Thank you very much, Jonathan. And may I just say California has lost a lot of our men and women in wars. And I just want to say from the position of a senator from California, how grateful I am for their ultimate sacrifice

KARL: Thank you, Senator.

FEINSTEIN: Thank you.

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