AG Lynch answers no questions on emails refers Congress to FBI's Comey

[underpants]

This seems a bit odd to me and I don't think it helps any.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-scheduled-to-testify-before-house-judiciary-committee-on-clinton-email-investigation/2016/07/11/2dfb746c-479e-11e6-90a8-fb84201e0645_story.html


U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch repeatedly declined to answer any questions on Tuesday about her department’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server while she was secretary of state, making for a bizarre congressional hearing in which she referred questions about the matter to a man lower than her on the organizational chart.

At the outset of her testimony Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, Lynch said it would be “inappropriate for me to comment further on the underlying facts of the investigation or the legal basis for the team’s recommendation.” That put her in contrast with FBI Director James B. Comey, who answered questions for nearly five hours last week about how he concluded Clinton should not face criminal charges.

[chillfactor]

1. I think Lynch gave the appropriate response.....

I think it helps put the email witch hunt to bed...and I think she frustrated rethugs on the committee.

[MANative]

2. I also think Lynch gave the appropriate response.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI, not by her or her direct team. Her role, as I understand it, is to accept or reject their recommendation, which she did. She would have no more information than what was given to her by the FBI, and which presumably was probed during Comey's testimony.

The optics might not be perfect, but I believe she's done the appropriate thing from a structural/process standpoint.

[Doodley]

3. Subtext: "I am not playing your pathetic little game"

[Wellstone ruled]

5. This is the real answer to the Rethugs.

[NCTraveler]

4. Good move. They are on a witch hunt and this helps to expose it....

to the true morons who still don't see it for what it is.

[Kingofalldems]

6. They wanted to play gotcha with her also.

[giftedgirl77]

7. Why don't you think it helps?

The entire situation has been thoroughly investigated the little weasels can reference that.

[underpants]

10. This becomes fodder for more coverage and plays right into the RIGGED talking point.

It's not the not answering questions part, it's referring Congress to the FBI Director.

[giftedgirl77]

11. No attorney in their right mind would walk into that shit.

[spanone]

8. the republicans have turned the house judiciary committee into a political whipping post

fuck them

this is ALL POLITICS

[MFM008]

9. it was better than saying FUK U

to those esteemed members of the committee.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. I wish she'd said something politely to that effect

I saw it and it will not translate well to the idiots who will be consuming garbage from the right wing propaganda mill