WASHINGTON—An impromptu meeting between Bill Clinton and the nation’s top cop could further undermine Hillary Clinton’s efforts to convince voters to place their trust in her, highlighting perhaps her biggest vulnerability.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch expressed regret on Friday that she met with the former president earlier in the week at the Phoenix airport while the Justice Department’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email practices nears a conclusion. Lynch acknowledged that it “cast a shadow” on the public’s perception of the case.
“I certainly wouldn’t do it again,” Lynch said of the meeting with the former president, who nominated her to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York in 1999.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on June 10. Alex Wong/Getty Images
