Senate announces probe of Loretta Lynch behavior in 2016 election - Washington Times
"The Senate Judiciary Committee has opened a probe into former Attorney General
Loretta Lynch’s efforts to shape the FBI’s investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, the committee’s chairman announced Friday.
In a letter to
Ms. Lynch, the committee asks her to detail the depths of her involvement in the FBI’s investigation, including whether she ever assured Clinton confidantes that the probe wouldn’t “push too deeply into the matter.”
Fired FBI Director
James B. Comey has said publicly that
Ms. Lynch tried to shape the way he talked about the investigation into Mrs. Clinton’s emails, and he also hinted at other behavior “which I cannot talk about yet” that made him worried about
Ms. Lynch’s ability to make impartial decisions."