[mware]

that Lynch will announce today that she will abide by whatever the FBI recommends

Words matter with the Clintons. Did she say she would abide by the recommendations or that she would accept the recommendations? She could accept the recommendations but not act on them.

[utahagen]

Based on the story as it just was reported, it seems Lynch really is going to go along with whatever the FBI recommends. What may have happened is that Obama, who detests the Clintons, knew nothing about the meeting between Clinton and Lynch — or was at least ticked off when the meeting became public news — and he wants to distance his administration from the Clintons’ chicanery.