--- title: Read FBI Documents on Hillary Clinton's Email Investigation description: The FBI released new documents summarizing the agency's interview with Hillary Clinton about her email server canonical: https://time.com/4478123/read-hillary-clintons-fbi-documents-email-server-investigation/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-02T18:20:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:23:15.914Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the New FBI Documents on Hillary Clinton's Emails og:description: The FBI released 58 pages of documents from its investigation on Clinton's email server og:url: https://time.com/4478123/read-hillary-clintons-fbi-documents-email-server-investigation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19c75f0b7a84948/6988a4bfa988ca92f46b94b3/hillary-clinton-fbi-investigation-email.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the New FBI Documents on Hillary Clinton's Emails twitter:description: The FBI released 58 pages of documents from its investigation on Clinton's email server twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte19c75f0b7a84948/6988a4bfa988ca92f46b94b3/hillary-clinton-fbi-investigation-email.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the New FBI Documents on Hillary Clinton's Email Investigation  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 2, 2016 6:20 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada on August 25, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada on August 25, 2016.JOSH EDELSON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 2, 2016 6:20 PM UTC The [FBI released 58 pages of documents](http://time.com/4478075/fbi-hillary-clinton-interview-email-investigation/) Friday summarizing the agency’s interview with [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4476769/hillary-clinton-fundraising-143-million/) about her email server. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed Clinton as part of their investigation into her use of a private email server while Secretary of State. Days later, [FBI](http://time.com/4472658/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-investigation-document-release/) Director James Comey recommended that no criminal charges be brought against Clinton, though he said the agency found her to be “[extremely careless](http://time.com/4393271/james-comey-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/?iid=sr-link1)” handling classified material. 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