Former US Secretary of State surrenders personal email for investigation

Breaking her silence on the budding controversy following
allegations that she inappropriately used her personal
email for work while she was secretary of state, Clinton
has given her consent to make her emails public.

Former United States First Lady and Secretary of State,
Hillary Clinton has asked the US State Department to
release her emails in the wake of the controversy that she
used her personal email for work during her time as
secretary of state.
Breaking her silence on the matter, Clinton sent out a tweet
giving her consent to the State Department to make her
emails public:
"I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release
them. They said they will review them for release as soon
as possible." the tweet said.
Clinton is currently in the middle of a budding controversy
following allegations that she inappropriately used her
personal email for work while secretary of state from 2009
to 2013.
Before her tweet, a congressional committee investigating
the September 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility
in Benghazi, Libya had issued subpoenas for her emails,
prompting Mrs Clinton to break her silence on the matter.
The US House of Representatives' Select Committee on
Benghazi demanded all communications from Clinton
related to the incident, in which a US ambassador was
killed.
The Telegraph reports that Republicans have been
scrutinizing Clinton's actions and communications
surrounding the Benghazi attack, when Ambassador Chris
Stevens and three others were killed during an assault on
the U.S. consulate. Republican lawmakers believe she did
not do enough to ensure the safety of Americans in Libya.
Meanwhile, the State Department has defended Clinton,
saying that at the time there was no prohibition on using a
personal email account for official business as long as it
was preserved. Experts have however called her use of
personal email highly unusual, saying that her practise
possibly left her communications open to hacking.
The controversy has suddenly put Clinton in a tough spot
just as she is planning to launch a bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 2016. Reports state that it has
prompted some Democrats to wonder whether someone
else from their party should be their candidate to succeed
President Barack Obama .