Title: Bill Clinton and AG Loretta Lynch meet privately | CNN Politics
Headings: Bill Clinton meeting causes headaches for Hillary
Bill Clinton meeting causes headaches for Hillary
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Content: “I personally know I have work to do on this front,” she said in Chicago Monday. According to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter, the former president saw Lynch’s plane on the tarmac and walked onto her aircraft. Lynch’s FBI security detail did not stop Clinton and he proceeded to initiate an extended conversation that included discussion of grandchildren. Lynch was surprised to see Clinton walking onto her plane, the official said, and no Justice Department business was discussed. Speaking at a news conference in Phoenix on Tuesday, Lynch confirmed the meeting and denied the two spoke about any matter pending before the Justice Department or the Benghazi probe. She also said the former president “did not raise anything” about an ongoing case or anything of that nature. “I did see President Clinton at the Phoenix airport as he was leaving and spoke to myself and my husband on the plane,” Lynch said according to CNN affiliate KNXV/ABC15. “ Our conversation was a great deal about grandchildren, it was primarily social about our travels and he mentioned golf he played in Phoenix.” Huma Abedin details Clinton email troubles in deposition
The former president’s aide said nothing beyond Lynch’s characterization of the account was discussed, and that Clinton “always” extends this courtesy when he is around cabinet secretaries, members of Congress and other dignitaries, pointing to the former president’s unplanned meeting with Sen. Ted Cruz at an Alabama airport in May.
Asked in Los Angeles on Wednesday whether the meeting risked the department’s impartiality in its investigation, Lynch said the email probe is “being handled by career investigators and career agents who always follow the facts and the law.” Top Democrats on Capitol Hill defended Lynch Thursday.