US Secretary of State, John Kerry has said that neither he nor his department had been contacted by the FBI over its renewed investigation into his predecessor Hillary Clinton's emails. He said in southern Ireland today that, it would be up to the US Department of Justice and the FBI to respond to further questions about the probe.<br/><br/> FBI has announced on Friday that it is investigating a newly discovered trove of emails. Republican party nominee, Donald Trump has accused the US Department of Justice of trying hard to protect Hillary Clinton in the email controversy. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been battling allegations that she put US secrets at risk by using a private server based in her home for all email correspondence while she was secretary of state.