Lynch to accept recommendation of FBI, career prosecutors in Clinton email probe
WASHINGTON _ Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday she will remove herself from the decision-making process about whether to seek charges in the investigation involving Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.
The decision comes after Lynch came under fire for having a private meeting early this week with Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton, in her government jet on the tarmac of Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.
Despite assurances that they only discussed personal matters _ "our conversation was a great deal about his grandchildren," Lynch has told reporters _ the attorney general found herself being criticized for creating the appearance of impropriety. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called the meeting "so terrible."
In an interview at the Aspens Ideas Festival on Friday morning, Lynch conceded the meeting hurt the Justice Department's reputation and said she would not do something like it again.
_ Tribune Washington Bureau
