--- title: Hillary Clinton Email Controversy: FBI Gets Deleted Emails description: The FBI has uncovered emails from Hillary Clinton's private email server said to have been deleted, according to reports. canonical: https://time.com/4045981/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T11:43:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:49.455Z article:section: Politics og:title: FBI Uncovers Deleted Hillary Clinton Emails og:description: The agency's review will likely continue for several months og:url: https://time.com/4045981/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691d01bdd6144251/698864eef887dce652e92824/hillary-clinton10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: FBI Uncovers Deleted Hillary Clinton Emails twitter:description: The agency's review will likely continue for several months twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691d01bdd6144251/698864eef887dce652e92824/hillary-clinton10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # FBI Uncovers Deleted Hillary Clinton Emails > Sponsored content. 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Charlie Neibergall—AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 23, 2015 11:43 AM UTC The FBI has uncovered emails from Hillary Clinton’s private email server that were said to have been deleted, according to [new](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-22/fbi-said-to-recover-personal-e-mails-from-hillary-clinton-server) [reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/us/politics/investigators-find-emails-hillary-clinton-said-were-erased.html). Bloomberg and the New York _Times_, citing unnamed officials, reported the news, which could exacerbate a political controversy the Democratic presidential candidate has tried to put to rest. The agency’s review whether classified information was mishandled in connection with the private email server Clinton used while she was Secretary of State is expected to continue for several months. It remains unclear how many emails the FBI recovered and whether they will be made public. 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