Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in her opening statement Tuesday that she would not “comment further” on the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server now that the FBI’s probe has concluded with no charges recommended against the presumed Democratic presidential nominee.
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I accepted that recommendation.
Lynch was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee before Comey announced his decision.
President Barack Obama said Clinton is the “most” qualified. Sen. Her extreme carelessness suggests she can not be trusted with the nations most sensitive secrets..
Democrats, in the meantime, did what they do best: attacked Republicans for holding the hearing and changed the subject to issues that promote their political agendas.
“In the time when African-Americans are 30 percent more likely than whites to be pulled while driving – more than three times more likely to have their vehicle searched and more than twice as likely to be shot by police, it is imperative that we restore public faith in our criminal justice system”, he said.
But Republicans kept the focus on Clinton, trying to draw Lynch out on whether Clinton lied to the public or to Congress, and on a couple of occasions turning the conversation to then-president Bill Clinton’s impeachment proceedings 18 years ago.
“What’s important? Let’s go talk about the emails once again”, Gutierrez said, referring to Republicans. “Are you aware of that?”
Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, told Lynch he remained “troubled” by FBI Director James Comey’s conclusions that Clinton’s mishandling of classified information was “extremely careless” but did not violate the law.
That approach irritated committee Republicans.
Hostile actors were able to infiltrate the private commercial email accounts of people with whom Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account, Comey said.
Following the Dallas shootings, she said she was “heartbroken” and pledged her department would do everything it could to support law enforcement and to protect free speech and assembly rights of protesters.
And Republicans criticized Lynch’s decision to adopt the unanimous recommendation from Comey and the Federal Bureau of Investigation team that investigated Clinton.
But the Obama appointee refused to answer, saying it would be “inappropriate” to respond to lawmakers’ repeated questions. Lynch said it would be unfair to give a blanket answer.
“I don’t think our investigation established she was particularly sophisticated with respect to classified information and the levels and treatment”.
Following Comey’s recommendation, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the DOJ would not pursue charges against Clinton.
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“The buck stops with you, ” Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Ill.) said. That followed police killings of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot near St. Paul, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling, who was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
