Hours before his attorney general was scheduled to testify before Congress, President Trump took to Twitter to disparage the previous officeholder, accusing Loretta Lynch of making political decisions during her tenure. A.G. Lynch made law enforcement decisions for political purposes…gave Hillary Clinton a free pass and protection. Lynch made law enforcement decisions for political purposes,” Trump said in a tweet, adding: “gave Hillary Clinton a free pass and protection. Lynch was criticized last week in congressional testimony by James B. Comey, the former FBI director whom Trump fired. Comey testified that he was concerned that Lynch urged him to refer to the investigation into Clinton’s emails a “matter” instead of an “investigation.”That language, he said, tracked with the language the Clinton campaign was using.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 13:16 UTC