Clinton FBI Email Interview Could Happen Any Day

Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be interview by the FBI regarding her use of a private email server during her service in the State Department.

An anonymous source familiar with the case confirmed to CBS News that an interview between Clinton and the FBI was imminent, set to take place within weeks.

In August 2015, it became public knowledge the FBI was investigating whether or not Clinton had compromised sensitive government information by using a private server while serving as secretary of state.

Using a private server was not forbidden but highly irregular for an official with Clinton’s level of security clearance.

On May 6, it was revealed the FBI had interviewed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, who had served as Clinton’s deputy chief of staff in the State Department.

“This is routine in an investigation like this,” an anonymous source familiar with the matter told the New York Post. “The FBI starts from the bottom and they go up the food chain.”

The source added that Clinton would likely be the last person to be interviewed by the FBI.

“They’ve interviewed almost everyone on her staff and Hillary is going to be the last in line because she’s the subject of the investigation,” the source said. “They want to have all their ducks in a row before they talk to her.”

Clinton has stated that her use of a private email server was a mistake but maintained that she never compromised material that was classified during her time in the State Department.

During the investigation, 22 of the emails that passed through her server have been retroactively classified as “Top Secret.”

The FBI has been joined by federal prosecutors led by Dana Boente, whose office has been involved in investigations that led to the indictment of Republican and Democratic officials alike, The Washington Post reports.

An anonymous official familiar with the investigation stated that the prosecutors had not found evidence that Clinton had knowingly violated State Department rules, but that they would continue their investigation until they interviewed the former secretary of state.

“From the start, Hillary Clinton has offered to answer any questions that would help the Justice Department complete its review, and we hope and expect that anyone else who asked would do the same,” Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said in an official statement. “We are confident the review will conclude that nothing inappropriate took place.”

Sources: CBS News, New York Post, The Washington Post / Photo credit: Nathaniel F/Flickr