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The FBI released 58 pages including summaries of interviews from Hillary Clinton's Email investigation._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 2, 2016 6:20 PM UTC  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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