<u+201c>since that letter came out, and then the director sort of backtracked on it a day later, and then there's been subsequent stories this week about internal turmoil within the fbi, we've seen an add to the energy on our side,<u+201d> kaine said of the email announcement.  | ap photo by jeremy herb 11/06/16 11:23 am est virginia sen. tim kaine on sunday downplayed any negative impact the fbi<u+2019>s move to reopen its investigation into hillary clinton<u+2019>s private emails may have had on the clinton campaign. the democratic vice presidential nominee acknowledged fbi director james comey<u+2019>s announcement that the fbi had reopened its investigation generated <u+201c>some concern<u+201d> in clinton world, but he argued that the aftermath had also generated new energy for the campaign. story continued below <u+201c>i think at the end of the day it's probably going to be a net wash,<u+201d> kaine said on cbs<u+2019> <u+201c>face the nation.<u+201d> <u+201c>since that letter came out, and then the director sort of backtracked on it a day later, and then there's been subsequent stories this week about internal turmoil within the fbi, we've seen an add to the energy on our side,<u+201d> kaine added, pointing to <u+201c>a great uptick in energy on our side in early vote.<u+201d> clinton<u+2019>s chief strategist joel benenson also argued on sunday that the fbi<u+2019>s renewed investigation has not hurt the campaign. <u+201c>it obviously occupied a lot of airspace,<u+201d> he said on <u+201c>fox news sunday.<u+201d> by katelyn fossett but the email investigation has been a key part of donald trump<u+2019>s offensive against clinton in the final days of the campaign as polls in battleground states have tightened. the clinton camp has criticized comey<u+2019>s decision to tell congress the fbi was reopening the investigation after it discovered emails on the computer of anthony weiner, the estranged husband of clinton aide huma abedin. kaine said on sunday that comey<u+2019>s decision on the emails was <u+201c>puzzling and troubling,<u+201d> and he declined to speculate on how clinton would work with comey should she win tuesday. <u+201c>that assumes, you know, something we're not ready to assume,<u+201d> kaine said. <u+201c>we're not assuming anything about the outcome tuesday. we are focused on doing everything we can to win on tuesday.<u+201d> by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
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