Hillary Clinton: ‘No One From The FBI Has Reached Out To Me Yet On Emails’

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NEW YORK - MARCH 10: Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations on March 10, 2015 in New York City. Clinton answered questions about recent allegations of an improperly used email account during her tenure as Secretary of State. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that “no one has reached out to me yet” from the FBI to discuss the investigation into her use of a private unsecured email server where top secret emails were received, and presumably sent, while she was Secretary of State.

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The AP reported that she says she’s “more than ready to talk to anybody, anytime,” and she tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” she hopes the matter “is close to being wrapped up.”

The FBI and Justice Department have been investigating whether sensitive information that flowed through Clinton’s email server was mishandled.

Also last week, a federal judge said he may order the Democratic presidential front-runner to testify under oath about whether she used the email server to evade public records disclosures.

The Hill reported that many of the former secretary of State’s top aides have been interviewed over the course of the last month, and Clinton herself is expected to answer investigators’ questions about her use of a private email server in the coming days or weeks.

Former officials and legal experts say the Democratic front-runner’s testimony will likely be the final puzzle piece for federal prosecutors and FBI investigators as they decide whether to file any charges over her use of a personal email server while secretary of State.

“This certainly sends the signal that they are nearing an end to their investigation,” said Steven Levin, a former federal prosecutor and current partner at the law firm Levin & Curlett.

Though FBI officials have said Clinton is not the target of the probe, they would want to be as prepared as possible before going in to interview her, Levin said.

“Typically, the way we structured investigations when I was a federal prosecutor is that we would seek to interview the target last,” he said.

“As you begin to interview people who are extremely close to the target of an investigation — people who are considered confidants … you typically interview those people towards the final stages of the investigation,” he added. “So that way if they tell you something that is contrary to something you’ve already learned, you can immediately challenge them on that information.”

The end of the investigation would be a relief for Clinton and her allies, who have faced questions for months over her exclusive use of the personal server.

 

 

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