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Senate Announces Probe Into Loretta Lynch

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Requested information includes involvement in FBI investigation into Clinton emails.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee is seeking information from Loretta Lynch on her role in the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton, the panel said in a bipartisan letter Friday. The former attorney general is being asked to say whether she ever assured Clinton the investigation wouldn’t “go too far.” The letter cites a New York Times report alleging former FBI Director James Comey believed Lynch “helped play down” the investigation into Clinton.

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