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  in a conference call with reporters hillary clintons campaign manager said that fbi director comeys letter is backfiring and energizing clintons volunteers to work harder and her supporters are voting in even bigger numbers 
  clinton campaign chair john podesta called comeys letter long on innuendo short on facts podesta said the more information that comes out the more this seems overblown podesta went off on rep jason chaffetz for distorting the facts and undermining his own legitimacy by claiming that the investigation was reopened podesta said that comey had provided selective information that allowed partisans to distort the facts 
  podesta said theres no evidence of wrongdoing no charge of wrongdoing he said if all the media reports are true about the investigation having nothing to do with hillary clinton its hard to see how this amounts to anything 
  hillary clintons campaign chair called on comey to provide answers to be public 
  clinton campaign manager robbie mook said that the comey letter is motivating clinton volunteers and supporters 
  based on the anecdotes i am hearing from out team on the ground this situation has created an urgency and intensity among our volunteers and activists that was already high because we are so close to the election our volunteers are rallying around hillary they know what a fighter she is 
   
  they are turning out not only to have her back but to rally our supporters to turn out and vote as early voting goes into full swing were not just seeing this in our offices on the ground but also in our online in the online space as well i think this is we already had momentum and wind behind our back going into yesterday i think that this has only increased the momentum that were feeling among our activists on the ground 
  later mook suggested that the comey letter is helping the clinton campaign by adding fuel to their early voting fire it is likely that the comey letter will backfire on republicans and motivate democrats to get out and support their nominee 
  an early report from a pollster in two swing states saw no impact from the letter on voters hillary clinton may end up benefiting from comeys actions because the fbi director might have gotten rid of the one thing that could have beaten her 
  with one written paragraph james comey may have destroyed democratic complacency