Information security

FBI acknowledges Clinton email investigation

An FBI official issued a rare acknowledgement of the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private server use Monday in a letter filed in federal court.

Although FBI Director James Comey confirmed the existence of the probe in October of last year, agency officials have repeatedly declined to comment on the nature of the investigation and the direction in which it is headed.

James Baker, general counsel for the FBI, wrote in a letter filed in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that the FBI "has acknowledged generally that it is working on matters related to Secretary Clinton's use of a private email server."