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Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, D-Va., said Tuesday that he was not surprised at the FBI’s recommendation not to charge presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton regarding her use of email as secretary of state.

Kaine, rumored to be on the short list of Clinton’s choice of running mates, was informed by reporters of FBI Director James B. Comey’s announcement while at a Virginia Department of Health briefing on the Zika virus.

“I believed that this was not going to be any more than what Secretary Clinton said, which is, she said, ‘Look, I did something that other secretaries of state have done. I work 24 hours a day. I want to have some ability at my home to do work at my house,’ ” Kaine responded.

“And she said, ‘You know, looking at it in retrospect, I might do it differently now,’ ” Kaine continued. “And I think other secretaries of state who made similar arrangements would also say that.

“But I never, I never believed this was going to be something in the criminal realm or even close to it,” Kaine added.