--- title: James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe description: FBI Director James Comey will testify before Congress on the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server canonical: https://time.com/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/ author: Rosalie Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-07T13:46:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:09.451Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe og:description: He recommended no charges be brought against her og:url: https://time.com/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006d66f86cdb741e/69889af70a4a22dc2d9ca60d/gettyimages-524459172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: FBI Director James Comey Delivers Keynote Address On Cyber Security At Georgetown University og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe twitter:description: He recommended no charges be brought against her twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006d66f86cdb741e/69889af70a4a22dc2d9ca60d/gettyimages-524459172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe > Sponsored content. 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Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Jul 7, 2016 1:46 PM UTC FBI Director James Comey will testify before Congress on Thursday on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s [use of a private email server](http://time.com/4276988/jim-comey-hillary-clinton/?iid=sr-link1) as Secretary of State. Comey will appear before the House Oversight Committee at 10 a.m. Comey [recommended](http://time.com/4393271/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/?iid=sr-link2) no [charges](http://time.com/4393372/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email-speech-transcript/?iid=sr-link3) be brought against Clinton. “Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI’s investigation,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz [said in a statement](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/house-oversight-chairman-comey-to-testify-thursday-225156) announcing that Comey had agreed to testify. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/"},"headline":"Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe","datePublished":"2016-07-07T13:46:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:09.451Z","description":"He recommended no charges be brought against her","url":"https://time.com/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","National Security","justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006d66f86cdb741e/69889af70a4a22dc2d9ca60d/gettyimages-524459172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt006d66f86cdb741e/69889af70a4a22dc2d9ca60d/gettyimages-524459172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FBI Director James Comey Delivers Keynote Address On Cyber Security At Georgetown University","caption":"FBI Director James Comey Delivers Keynote Address On Cyber Security At Georgetown University","creditText":"Alex Wong—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/4396320/watch-live-james-comey-testifies-on-clinton-email-probe/","name":"Watch Live: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Hillary Clinton Email Probe"}}]}] ```