The Latest: Clinton campaign won't comment on Lynch remarks
By Associated Press
Jul 1, 2016 11:51 AM CDT
FILE - In this June 14, 2016 file photo, Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton spoke with Lynch during an impromptu meeting in Phoenix, but Lynch says the discussion did not involve the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email use as secretary of state....   (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):

12:43 p.m.

Hillary Clinton's campaign says it won't comment about Attorney General Loretta Lynch's acknowledgment that her impromptu meeting with Bill Clinton this week "cast a shadow" on public perception of the Justice Department's investigation into her email practices at the State Department.

A campaign spokesman for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee declined to comment Friday.

A spokesman for former President Bill Clinton also declined to address Lynch's remarks.

Speaking at a conference in Colorado on Friday, Lynch said the meeting this week with Bill Clinton is not something she would do again.

Lynch says she understands the private meeting aboard her plane in Phoenix "cast a shadow" over the public perception of the neutrality of the FBI-led investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account and server while serving as secretary of state.

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12:15 p.m.

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton "probably" orchestrated the meeting between her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee says on Twitter, "As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton has bad judgment. Bill's meeting was probably initiated and demanded by Hillary!"

He adds, "Does anybody really believe that meeting was just a coincidence?"

The Justice Department is investigating Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

Lynch said Friday that her impromptu meeting this week with Bill Clinton aboard her plane "cast a shadow" over the public's perception of the neutrality of that investigation.

A spokesman for Bill Clinton declined to comment Friday about the meeting with Lynch.

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11:46 a.m.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she won't overrule the findings of an FBI-led investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

She also acknowledged that an impromptu meeting this week with Bill Clinton that caused a political firestorm is not something she would do again.

Lynch addressed her part in the investigation at a conference in Colorado.

She said she understood that her private meeting with Clinton aboard her plane in Phoenix "cast a shadow" over the public perception of the neutrality of the investigation.

Her pledge seems aimed at tamping down criticism that the investigation is politically tainted.

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