Senate Launches Inquiry Into Loretta Lynch’s Alleged Interference In Clinton Email Probe
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been asked to answer additional questions about the involvement she may have had in Hillary Clinton’s email probe.
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been asked to answer additional questions about the involvement she may have had in Hillary Clinton’s email probe, reports the Washington Times.
A letter was sent to Lynch on Thursday by four bipartisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It cites a New York Times piece from April where she was reportedly referenced by a Democrat as likely to “keep the Clinton investigation from going too far.”
The letter also references testimony given by former FBI Director James Comey in May where he expressed doubt about the Justice Department’s ability to “credibly complete the investigation.”
He added, “And then the capper was -- and I'm not picking on the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, who I like very much. But her meeting with President Clinton on that airplane was the capper for me, and I then said, you know what? The department cannot, by itself, credibly end this.”
The four Senators ultimately ask Lynch a series of six questions about her and her staff’s knowledge regarding certain communications as well as their contacts with specific people.
According to ABC News, “The inquiry comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the firing of...Comey, who President Trump says he dismissed due in part to his handling of the Clinton email probe.”
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been asked to answer additional questions about the involvement she may have had in Hillary Clinton’s email probe, reports the Washington Times.
A letter was sent to Lynch on Thursday by four bipartisan leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It cites a New York Times piece from April where she was reportedly referenced by a Democrat as likely to “keep the Clinton investigation from going too far.”
The letter also references testimony given by former FBI Director James Comey in May where he expressed doubt about the Justice Department’s ability to “credibly complete the investigation.”
He added, “And then the capper was -- and I'm not picking on the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, who I like very much. But her meeting with President Clinton on that airplane was the capper for me, and I then said, you know what? The department cannot, by itself, credibly end this.”
The four Senators ultimately ask Lynch a series of six questions about her and her staff’s knowledge regarding certain communications as well as their contacts with specific people.
According to ABC News, “The inquiry comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the firing of...Comey, who President Trump says he dismissed due in part to his handling of the Clinton email probe.”