Hillary Clinton said she was “delighted” to learn this week that the State Department aide who set up her private email server had been granted immunity by the Justice Department.
The former secretary of state told CBS News she viewed Bryan Pagliano’s cooperation with the FBI investigation as reason to believe “we’ll be moving toward a resolution on this.”
Pagliano, a 2008 presidential campaign staffer to Clinton, pleaded the Fifth Amendment last month in a congressional hearing about his involvement.
In response to a question on “Face the Nation” on the immunity deal, typically employed by prosecutors seeking more information, was good news, Clinton said “absolutely.”
She assured voters they should not worry about a potential indictment against her, asking them to instead focus on the future.
Clinton also said controversy should lead to discussion of reforming laws that affect transitioning from government to private life.
“I’m hoping that we’ll get through this and then everybody can take a hard look at the inter-agency disputes and the arguments over retroactive classification,” Clinton said.
She reminded viewers that it was her idea to release the thousands of emails, even though many have since been classified.
“I’ve been more transparent than anyone I can think of in public life,” she said.
