Attorney
General Loretta E. Lynch plans to announce on Friday that she will
accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and the F.B.I. director make about whether to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton’s personal email server,
a Justice Department official said. Her decision removes the
possibility that a political appointee will overrule investigators in
the case.
The
Justice Department had been moving toward such an arrangement for
months — officials said in April that it was being considered — but a private meeting between Ms. Lynch and former President Bill Clinton this week set off a political furor and made the decision all but inevitable.
Attorney general to back FBI and Justice findings in Clinton email server probe
Attorney
General Loretta E. Lynch will support the recommendations from
prosecutors and others leading probes into the use of a private email
server by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, a
Justice Department official said.
Lynch’s statement — expected later Friday during a gathering in Colorado — underscores the intense sensitivity surrounding the FBI and Justice investigations into the past use of an exclusive email server by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
By promising to abide by the recommendations, Lynch would directly address worries by Clinton critics and others that she — as an Obama administration appointee — could ultimately overrule the investigators.
Attorney general to back FBI and Justice findings in Clinton email server probe
Lynch’s statement — expected later Friday during a gathering in Colorado — underscores the intense sensitivity surrounding the FBI and Justice investigations into the past use of an exclusive email server by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
By promising to abide by the recommendations, Lynch would directly address worries by Clinton critics and others that she — as an Obama administration appointee — could ultimately overrule the investigators.
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