Dems Criticize Lynch-Bill Clinton Meeting as Sending 'Wrong Signal'

Democrats aren't happy about the "wrong signal" telegraphed by a private meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch — who's overseeing the probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server — and Bill Clinton.

In a rare rebuke of the presumptive nominee by a member of her own party, Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons sharply criticized the meeting between the prosecutor and former president.

"I don't think it sends the right signal," he tells CNN's "New Day" program in an interview Thursday. "I think she should have steered clear even of a brief, casual, social meeting with the former president."

David Axelord, a former adviser to both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, was even more pointed, calling the meeting "foolish."

Lynch has explained she and the former president talked about grandchildren, and described the meeting as "primarily social."

She also denied discussion the email probe or House Benghazi panel's investigation, which was released the day after their meeting.

Another ex-adviser to Bill Clinton, pollster Doug Schoen, tells Fox News the former president "was in his own way taking the temperature of the attorney general, not alleging that there was any impropriety."

But, he adds, "given the timing, this was a meeting that probably best shouldn't have been held."

Coons, as well, said he thinks Lynch "has generally shown excellent judgment and strong leadership of the department, and I'm convinced that she's an independent attorney general."

"No one can ever question [Lynch's] strong feelings about the rule of the law. And her ethics, I repeat, are the best," declared Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Politico reports.

The meeting would have never been known...if not some local media snooping around...

Could have been never known......

This was not an accidental meeting...THAT we know.

Per the law....!!! LOL!!!!

Like that's stopped any politician in D.C.

I did not have sex with that woman Loretta Lynch

Could not an assertive congress address this by impeachment of the attorney general? Considering this blatant disregard for impartial investigation practice, I can’t imagine a more proper response.

The Clintons live in Old Politics where they could do or say anything and the media would hide it or clean it up. Trump has created New Politics where that is just not possible anymore. Questions?

65 posted on 07/01/2016 5:26:09 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)

I was listening in the car to Rush Limbaugh. He mentioned Loretta Lynch has no children. They discussed grandchildren?

But wait...maybe only Bill’s grandchild~~ren~~.

Bill only admits to one . . .

66 posted on 07/01/2016 6:13:16 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

"We're not gonna do anything about it, because, y'know, who cares? Some of you are just stupid enough to vote for us anyway, others are stupid enough to not vote against it, and as for you others, you will never vote for us. Plus, the sound bite makes us look really good."

67 posted on 07/01/2016 8:26:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)

Dems are covering their butts... they don’t give a damn about ethics... most of ‘em are on the take just like the Clintons. Pulling in large sums of money by selling access... selling out their country.

68 posted on 07/01/2016 8:55:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (Bill Clinton's white trash. Loretta Lynch is black trash... Comey has NO backbone. Welcome to AMeriK)

Another ex-adviser to Bill Clinton, pollster Doug Schoen...

Is anyone else sick and tired of Schoen's constant face-time on FNC through the years and using FOX to springboard his lowlife opportunistic career as Dem surrogate and propagandist?

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