Attorney General Lynch won’t overrule prosecutors if they decide to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton’s email server

Attorney General Lynch won’t overrule prosecutors if they decide to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton’s email server, an official said

Friday, July 1, 2016 7:31 AM EDT

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch plans to announce on Friday that she will accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and the F.B.I. director make about whether to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton’s personal email server, a Justice Department official said. Her decision removes the possibility that a political appointee will overrule investigators in the case.

The Justice Department had been moving toward such an arrangement for months — officials said in April that it was being considered — but a private meeting between Ms. Lynch and former President Bill Clinton this week set off a political furor and made the decision all but inevitable.

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