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 A senior U.S. law enforcement official said the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano,
who worked on Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign before joining
the State Department with her and setting up the server in her New
York home in 2009, the newspaper reported. (http://wapo.st/1RqkIk2)
The Post described the investigation as a criminal inquiry, a label
Clinton and her staff have resisted as they seek to reassure voters
that the frontrunner to become the Democratic Party's nominee in
November's presidential election is not in legal jeopardy.
Clinton has said she did nothing wrong and that she believes the
U.S. government will vindicate her. She has also apologized for what
she said was poor judgment.
In 2014, Clinton returned about 30,000 emails to the State
Department, but said she "chose not to keep" thousands of others her
staff deemed not to be work-related. Her staff have acknowledged
that other work emails were not handed over, without explaining why.
 More than 2,000 of Clinton's work emails contain classified
information that could harm national security if exposed, according
the State Department, including 22 classified as 'top secret', the
highest level. The government forbids sending or storing classified
emails through unsecured, non-government channels, and has
prosecuted people for breaches.
Brian Fallon, a Clinton spokesman, said in a statement that
Clinton's campaign was "pleased" that Pagliano was cooperating.
The Justice Department and FBI declined to comment on whether
Pagliano had been granted immunity, and his lawyer did not respond
to questions.
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Last month, a federal judge overseeing a civil lawsuit against the
State Department ruled that department officials and aides to
Clinton could be questioned under oath about whether her use of a
private email system was an effort to skirt open records laws.
The FBI is likely to ask Clinton and her aides in coming months how
the server was set up and whether they knew they were sending
classified information in emails, the Post reported.
Pagliano has declined to testify to lawmakers, citing a
constitutional right against self-incrimination.
Republicans have called for Clinton's prosecution.
"This terrible error in judgment coupled with Clinton's arrogant and
dishonest claims shows she can't be trusted with the presidency,"
Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee's chairman, said
in a statement.
(Reporting by Eric Walsh and Mark Hosenball in Washington and
Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing by Sandra Maler and Richard
Borsuk)
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