Comey: ‘Fair’ to Say AG Lynch Had a Conflict of Interest in the Clinton Email Investigation

‘I didn’t believe she could credibly decline that investigation’

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CORNYN: "There was the matter of President Clinton’s meeting on the tarmac with the sitting attorney general at a time when his wife was a subject to a criminal investigation and you suggested that perhaps there are other matters that you may be able to share with us later on in a classified setting. But it seems to me that you clearly believe that Loretta Lynch, the attorney general, had an appearance of a conflict of interest on the Clinton e-mail investigation. Is that correct?"
COMEY: "I think that’s fair. I didn’t believe she could credibly decline that investigation. At least not without grievous damage to the Department of Justice and to the FBI."

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