Although the questions were unpleasant, White House press secretary Josh Earnest told media that Lynch had adequately addressed questions about the meeting.
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The FBI interviewed Hillary Clinton Saturday morning in connection with the ongoing investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign said.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement on Saturday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation interview reinforces Clinton’s “central role in deliberately creating a culture which put her own political ambitions above State Department rules and jeopardised our national security”.
Former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch met on a Phoenix airport tarmac for half an hour last week, unannounced.
She declined to discuss specifics about the email investigation itself – or the unconfirmed reports that the probe will soon end, with no charges to be pressed against her. That Clinton would approach Lynch while her Justice Department was investigating his wife’s actions, and that Lynch would speak to him, opened a new angle of criticism about the Clintons’ judgment and sense of entitlement.
“I fully expect to accept their recommendations”, said Lynch, who has the option of modifying any possible charges against Clinton.
Ms Clinton has said that none of the emails were marked classified at the time they were sent or received. “But recognizing how others could take another view of it, he agrees with the Attorney General that he would not do it again”, the aide said.
Ms Clinton and her staff have struggled to respond to accusations that her use of the server in violation of the state department protocol means she is untrustworthy.
Adding to the uncertainty over Ms Clinton is the FBI’s refusal to say who is the target of its investigation. The two go way back after ‘Grandpa Bill’ appointed her as a U.S. attorney in 1999 during his presidency. “I know that’s something that I’m going to keep working on, and I think that’s, you know, a clear priority for me”, she said. However, she would likely face insurmountable pressure to step aside regardless of whether or not the indictment came before or after the Democratic Party nomination in July.
Yes. Clinton is far from alone.
When asked if she thought her husband should have known better, she replied, “Well, I think hindsight’s 20/20”.
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“I think they both acknowledged that they would prefer they had have never gotten together”.
