The Podesta emails were not hacked as part of the Russian breach of DNC servers:
MR. CONAWAY: The Podesta emails that were stolen, were those in the possession of DNC or the Clinton campaign?
MR. SUSSMANN: Neither. They were -- my understanding is they were -- it was Mr. Podesta's Gmail account that he -- well, I don't really know specifics about the purpose of that account. But I don't believe they were in possession of - they were not in possession of the DNC. I don't believe they were in possession of the -- (cut off by Conaway)
from earlier in the interview:
MR. SCHIFF: So the first time you may have gotten an inkling that some files may have been exfiltrated would have been the June meeting with the FBI?
MR. SUSSMANN: Well, I believe that we knew that the bad people had accessed some opposition research. There were indicators, I think, specifically with regard to opposition research that the intruders had accessed it, and,perhaps, exfiltrated. But our information at the time was limited to that specific kind of information.
MR. SCHIFF: And the opposition research you're talking about was op research on Donald Trump?
MR. SUSSMANN: No. I believe they accessed -- I believe their access to opposition research was more general to that. Although, at that time, I'm sure that Mr. Trump was a particularly important target of that.
MR. SCHIFF: But when you say they had access to op research, you're talking about op research that was collected by the DNC on opponents of Secretary Clinton, whether they were primary or general opponents?
MR. SUSSMANN: Well, I believe that there was a staff person at the DNC who was in charge with, or involved with research, opposition research. And that person's - there was evidence that that person's flles had been rummaged through in a cyber way.