DOJ grants immunity to staffer who set up Hillary Clinton's email server

Hillary Clinton.
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The former Hillary Clinton staffer who set up the private email server used by Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state has received immunity from the Justice Department as part of an investigation into possible mishandling of classified information, an unidentified senior law enforcement official told The Washington Post.

The staffer, Bryan Pagliano, worked for Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008 and set the private server up in her house in New York in 2009. Officials say that the FBI is aiming to complete its investigation into the server sometime over the next few months, and agents will likely want to speak with Clinton and senior aides about the server and if anyone who used it knew they were sending classified information in emails.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.