Clinton dismisses not worried about FBI investigation into private email server

Democratic frontrunner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not concerned at all about the FBI's ongoing investigation into the private server she used during her tenure at the State Department. Clinton appeared on Sunday morning, April 3, 2016, on NBC's "Meet the Press" where she told moderator Chuck Todd that the FBI has not contacted her for an interview, and she is not worried about their investigation.

The State Department announced to reporters on Friday, April 1, 2016, that they are suspending their investigation upon the FBI's request until the FBI finishes conducting their probe. Both are investigating whether Clinton or her aides put national security at risk using or sending and receiving sensitive information on the private server.

The FBI is in the process of scheduling interviews with Clinton's closest aides and Clinton according to a Los Angeles Times report from Sunday, March 27, 2016. Meanwhile, the Washington Post is reporting the case is so important to the FBI that they have 147 agents working on the case hoping to wrap their probe before the general election.

Clinton clarified that FBI has not yet contacted her for an interview, revealing to Todd, "No, no, they haven't." Clinton added that she has been more than willing to respond to her server, "But, you know, back in August, we made clear that I'm happy to answer any questions that anybody might have. And I stand by that." Clinton's campaign has repeated the same answer.

Todd asked if she is worried that the FBI's investigation will not be complete before the Democratic National Convention being held in July. Clinton responded, "No, I'm not. Because I don't think anything inappropriate was done. And so I have to let them decide how to resolve their security inquiry, but I'm not at all worried about it."

When Todd asked the frontrunner about a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial that accused her of a "horrible track record on transparency raises serious questions for open government under a Clinton administration. Clinton was a little offensive about their "complaints she's [been] too secretive" about her server.

The former Secretary of State said, "It's just a wrong set of assertions and conclusions." Continuing Clinton dismissed the newspaper's comments, "And as you may know, I've received the vast majority of newspaper endorsements. They all have the same information. They have all analyzed it. A lot of them have conducted interviews."

Clinton rationalized using her server and gave excuses justifying what she did. Clinton repeated her excuse, "So let me just say again, I sent emails to government employees on their government accounts. I had every reason to believe they were in the government system. It was a matter of convenience. I've said repeatedly, it was not the best choice."

Clinton again admitted using her private server was a mistake." Clinton said, "It was a mistake. But I think that anybody who's actually looked at this has concluded that I have now put out all of my emails. Go and ask others for their emails. Ask everybody else who's in public office. I'm the one who's done it, and I did it because I thought it was the right thing to do."

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