GOP rips into Lynch, who refuses to discuss details in Clinton case
Source: The Hill
Attorney General Loretta Lynch refused to discuss her decision not to pursue charges against Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, despite intense criticism from House Republicans. Days after FBI Director James Comey testified for nearly five hours in one House committee, Lynch took a markedly different tact before a separate panel.
She repeatedly refused to discuss details of the Clinton case, referred matters back to the FBI and at times appeared to go out of her way not even to say the former secretary of State's name, instead referring obliquely to “the matter.”
“While I understand that this investigation has generated significant public interest, as attorney general, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further on the underlying facts of the investigation or the legal basis for the team’s recommendation,” Lynch said. “I received a briefing from the team,” she added, which included FBI investigators and career prosecutors. “I accepted that recommendation.”
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While Republicans hammered Lynch on the Clinton investigation almost exclusively, Democrats refused to touch the issue. “Today, apparently, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s email takes precedence over gun violence and civil rights,” top Democrat John Conyers (Mich.) said Tuesday. “Let us be clear: the criminal investigation is closed. ... If any of my colleagues are not yet convinced, it is because they do not want to be convinced.”
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/287355-gop-lays-into-lynch-for-passing-on-clinton-case
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