washington<u+2014>the clinton and trump campaigns worked feverishly sunday to shape the turbulent final nine days of the campaign following the unexpected disclosure of additional emails potentially related to hillary clinton <u+2019>s private server. kellyanne conway, campaign manager for republican nominee donald trump, said on abc<u+2019>s this week that the fbi<u+2019>s decision to make such a dramatic disclosure shortly before the election means <u+201c>there must be something there,<u+201d> and she cited <u+201c>a cloud of corruption that just follows hillary clinton around.<u+201d> the trump campaign hopes that the email investigation will breathe new life into the last days of his candidacy, with officials pointing to the new findings as evidence that mrs. clinton is unfit to be president. if james comey, director of the federal bureau of investigation, had sat on the information, that itself would have been a decision influencing the election, ms. conway said, adding that the new disclosures would reawaken voters<u+2019> questions about mrs. clinton<u+2019>s trustworthiness. <u+201c>for the voters at this stage, this plays right into their reluctance about hillary clinton anyway,<u+201d> ms. conway said. <u+201c>people are reminded that she has put national security at risk just for her peevish personal reasons.<u+201d> reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee, hinted at the gop<u+2019>s excitement about the timing of the inquiry. <u+201c>this came to roost at a time when the american people needed to be reminded of the corruption of hillary clinton,<u+201d> he said on fox news sunday. democrats, for their part, reacted angrily sunday to mr. comey<u+2019>s unusual decision to disclose an investigative development shortly before an election, and sought to use the revelation to stir up their base and decry the vagueness of mr. comey<u+2019>s disclosure. on friday, mr. comey informed congress that the fbi had discovered new evidence related to the closed investigation of mrs. clinton<u+2019>s email arrangement when she was secretary of state. the fbi is now reviewing the emails, which were found during an investigation of former rep. anthony weiner , the estranged husband of top clinton aide huma abedin. virginia sen. tim kaine, hillary clinton<u+2019>s running mate, reiterated democrats<u+2019> demands that the fbi immediately release more details on the emails. he sharply criticized mr. comey for what he called violations of two well-established law enforcement protocols<u+2014>keeping information on a continuing investigation confidential and avoiding significant revelations shortly before an election. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s just extremely puzzling. why would you break these two protocols? why would you release information that is so incomplete?<u+201d> mr. kaine said on abc<u+2019>s this week. <u+201c>i just have no way of understanding these actions. they are completely unprecedented, and that<u+2019>s why i think he owes the american public an explanation.<u+201d> mr. comey has said he believes that such a high-profile case demands a high level of transparency. robby mook, mrs. clinton<u+2019>s campaign manager, said most voters have already decided how they feel about mrs. clinton<u+2019>s use of a private email server, which she has said was a mistake. <u+201c>we believe voters have already made up their minds on this issue, so we find it very strange that 10 days out, that he<u+2019>s putting this letter out there,<u+201d> mr. mook said on fox news sunday. mr. trump<u+2019>s running mate, indiana gov. mike pence, said on nbc<u+2019>s meet the press that mrs. clinton should herself release all the emails involved in the fbi<u+2019>s inquiry. <u+201c>why doesn<u+2019>t she ask her senior aide to release all these emails?<u+201d> mr. pence said. but mr. mook said on the same show the campaign isn<u+2019>t sure what emails the fbi is investigating. <u+201c>for us to take any action would be totally premature,<u+201d> he said. mr. kaine predicted that the new emails won't change the fbi<u+2019>s finding in july that no charges are merited regarding mrs. clinton<u+2019>s email arrangement. <u+201c>we expect that the final conclusion will be exactly the same,<u+201d> he said. mr. comey in july held an unusual press conference to say that after a thorough investigation, the fbi was recommending no charges against mrs. clinton. the democratic nominee has been dogged by the 2015 revelation that she had used a private email server as secretary to conduct official state department business. <u+2014>anna louie sussman and naftali bendavid contributed to this article. write to felicia schwartz at felicia.schwartz@wsj.com
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