Lawmakers grill Justice Department head over Clinton investigation

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Politics | Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:05pm EDT

Lawmakers grill Justice Department head over Clinton investigation

WASHINGTON | BY JULIA HARTE

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday defended the U.S. Justice Department’s decision not to bring charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, amid criticism from Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee.

Lynch’s testimony came one week after the FBI closed a year-long investigation into the use of a private email server by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for the Nov. 8 election and recommended that no charges be brought.

The case has become a focus of attacks against Clinton by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and sparked criticism by conservative politicians that the Justice Department was politically motivated to not prosecute Clinton.

Democratic lawmakers on the committee asked Lynch about a separate range of issues, from tighter gun control in the wake of shootings of clubgoers and police in Orlando and Dallas, as well as ways to reduce fatal police shootings of unarmed African Americans amid ongoing protests over the issue.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-emails-idUSKCN0ZS1VI

[liberal N proud]

1. They should no longer be called lawmakers

It appears they just want to be interrogators.