WASHINGTON - In what appeared to be a major departure from her previous defense on email practices while serving as the U.S. top diplomat, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told FBI investigators in July that she did not ask permission for her private email setup, said an FBI file released on Friday.
In a rare move, the FBI released a 58-page document that included a summary of its interview with Clinton on July 2 on email probe and other details of its investigation into Clinton's use of the private email setup as secretary of state.
According to the interview summary, Clinton told federal investigators that she "did not explicitly request permission to use a private server or email address," contradicting her past public defense that her use of a private email account for business was allowed by the State Department.
In her interview with FBI investigators, Clinton said she believed "everyone at State" knew she had a personal email address, and she did not recall receiving any emails she thought should not be on an unclassified system.
"She relied on State officials to use their judgement when emailing her and could not recall anyone raising concerns with her regarding the sensitivity of the information she received at her email address," said the summary. (Xinhua)