US House committee seeks interview with Clinton over e-mails

Washington - A US House panel is seeking an interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her use of private e-mail and a personal computer server while at the State Department, the committee said in a letter to her lawyer released on Tuesday.

Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, who chairs the US House Select Committee on Benghazi, said in the letter that he wanted to schedule her appearance for no later than May 1 and that the private interview with the committee would be transcribed.

Clinton, the presumed front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has faced criticism for her use of personal e-mail to conduct State Department business during her tenure rather than a government-issued account. She has said she used the personal account for convenience.