One of Hillary Clinton's top aides has been interviewed by the FBI as part of a federal investigation into her use of a private email server while Secretary of State, according to an official.
Huma Abedin, who served as Mrs Clinton's deputy chief of staff during Mrs Clinton's tenure as the US top diplomat between 2009 and 2013, was questioned in April, according to the official.
The FBI and the US Justice Department has been investigating whether sensitive information which went through a private email server at Mrs Clinton's New York home was mishandled.
Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs Clinton's Democratic nomination campaign, said in a statement: "From the start, Hillary Clinton has offered to answer any questions that would help the Justice Department complete its review, and we hope and expect that anyone else who is asked would do the same.
"We are confident the review will conclude that nothing in appropriate took place."
FBI Director James Comey has said there is no timetable for finishing the investigation, which has continued to dog Mrs Clinton's campaign to win the Democratic nomination.
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Washington said he could order Mrs Clinton to testify under oath about whether she used the server to evade public records disclosures.
The order, from US District Judge Emmet Sullivan, granted a request from the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch to question six current and former State Department employees, including Ms Abedin, about the purpose and creation of the email system.
Mrs Clinton has acknowledged during her campaign that the email server was a mistake, but has insisted she never sent nor received any documents that were marked classified at the time.
She has also dismissed claims she could face legal trouble, telling a debate in March the prospect of a federal indictment was "not going to happen".
Mrs Clinton, the front runner for the Democratic nomination, is expected to be questioned herself in the next few weeks.
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