Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch will voluntarily meet with congressional investigators next week as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, CNN reported Thursday.
Lynch will speak with the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, sources told CNN. It’s possible Lynch will also speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to the report.
Lynch is one of several former Obama officials who have been called to Congress for questioning as the committees look into Russian interference in the election.
Lynch will likely be asked about her private meeting with former President Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac while her office was investigating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of private email. As a candidate, Donald Trump hammered Clinton over her use of a private email server.
And as Precedent, his family and staff use private email servers and it’s hunky dory.
I miss Nixon, those were the daze
So when will Congressional and Senate Democrats start hammering Trump’s advisers over their use of private e-mail servers (I’m looking at you JarVanka).
If they did that it would be an implied admission that what Hillary Clinton did was wrong…
Obama’s people walk in with no worries, nothing weighing on their minds. They are there to provide additional information, perhaps clarify some issues.
Trump’s stooges, on the other hand, have to weigh each word carefully to avoid tripping themselves up. They’ve got a lot to hide and taking the 5th is always a consideration.
NB: Can’t recall if she made this formal but ISTR Lynch recused herself from the HRC email investigation because of her long association with the Clintons, leaving it exclusively under the FBI’s control, so it’s not clear what, if anything, she could say about it even if it were germane to the committee’s investigation.