--- title: Bernie Sanders Fires at Hillary Clinton Over Emails description: The Vermont Senator argued the investigation is asking "valid questions." canonical: https://time.com/4101661/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-emails/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-05T17:35:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:23:09.494Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders Fires at Clinton Over Email Controversy og:description: He said the investigation is asking "valid questions." og:url: https://time.com/4101661/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-emails/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5170557924a8e6bc/69886fc6524fc0f729df557a/bernie-sanders-emails.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a news conference introducing the "Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Act of 2015Ó outside the U.S. Capitol November 4, 2015 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders Fires at Clinton Over Email Controversy twitter:description: He said the investigation is asking "valid questions." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5170557924a8e6bc/69886fc6524fc0f729df557a/bernie-sanders-emails.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sanders Fires at Clinton Over Email Controversy by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 5, 2015 5:35 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a news conference introducing the "Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Act of 2015Ó outside the U.S. Capitol November 4, 2015 in Washington, DC. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers remarks during a news conference introducing the "Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground Act of 2015Ó outside the U.S. Capitol November 4, 2015 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 5, 2015 5:35 PM UTC Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders took a shot at front-runner Hillary Clinton over her emails. In an interview with the [Wall Street _Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-takes-gloves-off-against-hillary-clinton-in-interview-1446684586), the Vermont Senator argued that asking whether her use of a private email server as Secretary of State prevented public-records requests or compromised classified information are “valid questions.” That seems to contradict Sanders’ statement during the Democratic debate that voters were “sick and tired” of hearing about Clinton’s “damn emails,” a remark that drew loud applause from the audience. **Read Next:** [_Bernie Sanders Defends Hillary Clinton on Email Controversy at Debate_](http://time.com/4072613/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-email/) But Sanders told the _Journal_ that he had not changed his opinion since the debate. “You get 12 seconds to say these things,” said Sanders. “There’s an investigation going on right now. I did not say, ‘End the investigation.’ That’s silly…Let the investigation proceed unimpeded.” In September, Sanders told TIME that he dislikes negative campaigning and would instead focus on his substantive differences with Clinton’s policy positions on topics such as Wall Street, the minimum wage and the free trade agreements. **Read Next:** [_Bernie Sanders Brushes Off Clinton Super PAC Attacks_](http://time.com/4037944/bernie-sanders-correct-record-david-brock/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4101661/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-emails/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4101661/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-emails/"},"headline":"Sanders Fires at Clinton Over Email Controversy","datePublished":"2015-11-05T17:35:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:23:09.494Z","description":"The Vermont Senator argued the investigation is asking \"valid questions.\"","url":"https://time.com/4101661/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-emails/","keywords":["Bernie Sanders","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5170557924a8e6bc/69886fc6524fc0f729df557a/bernie-sanders-emails.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5170557924a8e6bc/69886fc6524fc0f729df557a/bernie-sanders-emails.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. 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