Is Lynch Lying?

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: Washington is buzzing after news broke late yesterday that former President Bill Clinton met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier this week. The meeting reportedly took place Monday evening onboard a private jet at the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.

According to CBS News, "President Clinton saw the attorney general on the tarmac and wanted to say hello, so he boarded her plane to talk." I'm sure he had a lot on his mind that he wanted to discuss with the attorney general.

Asked by local reporters about this impromptu meeting, Lynch said they chatted about grandchildren, golf, their travels and the Brexit vote. Lynch insisted that nothing about Benghazi or emails was mentioned.

Really? Consider me skeptical. And I'm not the only one.

The biggest national security case currently pending before the Justice Department just happens to involve the former president's wife. Not only that, the president's own foundation is also under investigation. The notion that they exchanged only pleasantries about golf and grandkids is ludicrous.

CBS News Justice reporter Paul Reid said the meeting is "shocking, absolutely shocking," adding, "The appearance of impropriety is just stunning. . . The optics of this for the investigation going forward are horrible."

Shocking. Stunning. Horrible. It is all of that and more.

Does Lynch have a habit of meeting with the spouses of individuals under FBI investigation? Of course not. She is a career prosecutor. She knows better.

So does Bill Clinton, a former lawyer himself. Even though he was disbarred, a first year law student knows this kind of meeting is unacceptable. Ah, but this is the Clintons and the rules just don't apply to them.

Even some Democrats are having trouble defending this. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) told CNN this morning, "I do think that this meeting sends the wrong signal. . . I think she should have steered clear."

Republicans on Capitol Hill should be issuing press releases and statements today demanding that Lynch recuse herself. They should be calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to take over the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server and the public corruption investigation of the Clinton Foundation.

In addition, the chairman of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, should issue subpoenas today demanding Lynch appear before their committees to explain herself and whether she would accept this kind behavior from any prosecutor on her staff.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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