--- title: Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her description: The FBI has not yet contacted Hillary Clinton over the use of a private email server for official business while she was secretary of state. canonical: https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-03T15:17:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:26:14.775Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her Over Email Probe og:description: "I'm happy to answer any questions that anybody might have" og:url: https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4691c9b524db88f0/69888d840b72e319316e8caa/hillary-clinton-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidates Clinton And Sanders Attend Founders Day Dinner In Wisconsin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her Over Email Probe twitter:description: "I'm happy to answer any questions that anybody might have" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4691c9b524db88f0/69888d840b72e319316e8caa/hillary-clinton-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her Over Email Probe > Sponsored content. 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Darren Hauck—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 3, 2016 3:17 PM UTC The FBI [has not yet contacted Hillary Clinton](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/hillary-clinton-says-she-hasn-t-been-contacted-fbi-n549886) over the [use of a private email server](http://time.com/4276988/jim-comey-hillary-clinton/) for official business while she was secretary of state, she said Sunday. The Democratic presidential candidate told NBC’s _Meet the Press_ that federal investigators have not reached out to her after a [media report surfaced last week](http://www.mediaite.com/online/ajams-shuster-exclusive-hillary-clinton-to-be-interviewed-by-fbi-director-comey-in-mere-days/) warning of an upcoming interview. “No, no, they haven’t,” Clinton told NBC host Chuck Todd. “But, you know, back in August, we made clear that I’m happy to answer any questions that anybody might have. And I stand by that.” **Read More:** [The FBI Chief on the Trail of Hillary’s Emails](http://time.com/4277521/the-g-man-the-emails-and-hillary/) Clinton, who has previously apologized for using a private email server while in office from 2009 to 2013, also reiterated that she has no concerns over the investigation. “I don’t think anything inappropriate was done. And so I have to let them decide how to resolve their security inquiry, but I’m not at all worried about it,” she said. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/hillary-clinton-says-she-hasn-t-been-contacted-fbi-n549886)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her Over Email Probe","datePublished":"2016-04-03T15:17:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:26:14.775Z","description":"\"I'm happy to answer any questions that anybody might have\"","url":"https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4691c9b524db88f0/69888d840b72e319316e8caa/hillary-clinton-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4691c9b524db88f0/69888d840b72e319316e8caa/hillary-clinton-fbi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Clinton And Sanders Attend Founders Day Dinner In Wisconsin","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Milwaukee, Wisc., on April 2, 2016.","creditText":"Darren Hauck—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4280120/hillary-clinton-fbi-emails/","name":"Hillary Clinton Says FBI Has Not Yet Contacted Her Over Email Probe"}}]}] ```