Hillary Clinton met on Saturday with the FBI for an interview as the next step in the investigation into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state, according to her presidential campaign.

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The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee gave a voluntary interview that lasted three-and-a-half hours at the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The FBI has already investigated and interviewed some of Clinton’s close aids, including Huma Abedin. The interview with Clinton herself marked the next step in the investigation process before final recommendations are submitted about whether or not formal charges should be filed against her.

“She is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice in bringing this review to a conclusion,” Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said. “Out of respect for the investigative process, she will not comment further on her interview.”

The results of the FBI’s investigation into the ethics and legal ramifications of Clinton’s use of a private email server come during a tenuous time for the former secretary of state. The upcoming Democratic National Convention is only a few weeks away, and chief rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has not yet formally ended his own presidential bid or endorsed Clinton for president.

Clinton’s meeting with the FBI also came a few days after Attorney General Loretta Lynch began to face severe backlash for her private meeting with Clinton’s husband and former president, Bill Clinton, on a plane at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona on Monday. Lynch insists the meeting held “no discussion of any matter pending for the department or any matter pending for any other body,” as well as “no discussion of Benghazi” and “no discussion of the State Department emails.”

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