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GOP Rep Says AG Lynch Should Resign For Clinton Shilling

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Evan Gahr Investigative Journalist
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Florida Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is demanding Attorney General Loretta Lynch immediately resign for stonewalling when questioned Tuesday about the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices as Secretary of State.

“After witnessing Attorney General Lynch’s lack of concern for her authority and unresponsiveness to the questions asked yesterday during the House Judiciary Committee hearing about her investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, it is abundantly clear she must immediately step down from her position,” Ross, the Senior Deputy Majority Whip, said in a press release late this afternoon.

At the hearing, Lynch refused to answer any substantive questions about the investigation.

Ross added that Lynch had “broken the sacred trust of the American people” by failing to practice “the highest possible ethical standards” her position demands.

He said her little airport tarmac pow wow with Bill Clinton “violated numerous federal regulations” and DOJ Standards of Conduct.

“These violations include acting impartially toward and giving preferential treatment to private individuals (5 C.F.R. § 2635.101(b)(8)) and creating the appearance of legal or ethical violations (5 C.F.R. § 2635.101(b)(14)). Federal regulations also state a DOJ attorney must be disqualified from a criminal investigation because of a personal or political relationship with those subject to the investigation (28 C.F.R. § 45.2). This meeting between Attorney General Lynch and Bill Clinton calls for disqualification, was a clear conflict of interest, and seriously calls into question the integrity of the entire investigation.”

The Florida Republican also blasted Lynch for rubber-stamping the FBI recommendation against indicting Hillary. “For Attorney General Lynch to blindly follow such a serious recommendation and prevent her department from providing its own recommendation completely negates our entire legal system, not to mention gives the impression of preferential treatment on behalf of the DOJ.

“As an attorney and officer of the court who swore to uphold justice myself, I am utterly dumbfounded by her questionable actions and failure to perform her duties. This practice of protecting the political elite at the expense of trust and justice must be stopped.”

Evan Gahr