FBI has STILL not questioned Hillary about her emails

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The former secretary of state's light campaign schedule has fed speculation that Clinton was perhaps meeting with the feds in her free timeClinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill told DailyMail.com today that it is 'still true' that Clinton has not been interviewed, thoughA report earlier this month said the FBI would question her in the 'coming weeks' as part of its investigation into the security of her private serverState Department Inspector General report released today said Clinton disregarded guidelines and never sought approval for the arrangement

Hillary Clinton has not been interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about her emails yet.

The former secretary of state's light campaign schedule over the last few weeks has fed speculation that Clinton was perhaps meeting with the feds in her free time.

Clinton campaign spokesman Nick Merrill told DailyMail.com today that it is 'still true' that Clinton has not been interviewed, though.

Hillary Clinton has not been interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about her emails yet, her campaign said today. She's pictured above at a rally this morning in Buena Park

A CNN report earlier this month said the FBI would question her in the 'coming weeks' as part of its investigation into the security of her private server that she kept in the basement of her Chappaqua, New York home, and emails. 

Clinton said days later that she had not been personally contacted by the FBI, however.

CNN suggested the FBI had been in touch with her lawyers, or soon would be, to schedule the interview for a time Clinton could escape her travelling press corps without raising suspicion.

The Democratic candidate has taken several days off since then, sometimes to fundraise. Other times her schedule has been blank.

Clinton has an 'insurmountable' lead over Bernie Sanders in her party primary, her campaign says, and has shifted focus to the general election, holding events in states that have already voted in addition to taking full days off from campaigning.

The FBI has already interviewed top Clinton State Department aides, including Huma Abedin, who now works on Clinton's campaign and is often seen at her boss' side. 

A State Department Inspector General report released this morning said Clinton disregarded guidelines when she set up the server in her home and revealed that she never sought approval for the arrangement.

Had she asked senior information officers for permission, the request would have been denied, the independent watchdog agency said, because the set up presented a security risk.

Clinton wasn't the only secretary of state to use a personal email address, it acknowledged. 

But they, too, were 'slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership.'

The IG report also dinged Clinton for waiting to turn over her work-related emails for 22 months after her she retired in 2013.

'At a minimum, Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department business before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not comply with the Department’s policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act,' it said.

Clinton, Abedin and other advisers close to the cabinet official also refused meetings with the Inspector General's office as it investigated the matter, it opined. 

A State Department Inspector General report released this morning said Clinton disregarded guidelines when she set up the server in her home and revealed that she never sought approval for the arrangement

A protester holds a sign outside of a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton at Harrell College this afternoon. Clinton was due to speak in Salinas later in the day on Wednesday

The FBI has already interviewed top Clinton State Department aides for its investigation, but Clinton is yet to take her turn

Wednesday morning Clinton's campaign dismissed the report's negative findings.

It said 'while political opponents of Hillary Clinton are sure to misrepresent this report for their own partisan purposes, in reality, the Inspector General documents just how consistent her email practices were with those of other Secretaries and senior officials at the State Department who also used personal email.'

Her campaign contended that the report showed recordkeeping issues were 'longstanding and that there was no precedent of someone in her position having a State Department email account until after the arrival of her successor.

'Contrary to the false theories advanced for some time now, the report notes that her use of personal email was known to officials within the Department during her tenure,' a statement read, 'and that there is no evidence of any successful breach of the Secretary's server. We agree that steps ought to be taken to ensure the government can better maintain official records, and if she were still at the State Department.' 

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