Attorney General Loretta Lynch defends FBI over Russia hacking case
Attorney General Loretta Lynch defends FBI over Russia hacking case
By Reena Flores CBS News
Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed back Friday on criticisms of the FBI following its investigation into the Russian-directed hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign staff.
In an interview published late Friday, CNN’s Jake Tapper spoke with Lynch about charges -- leveled by Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta in a Washington Post op-ed earlier this week -- that the FBI probe into the DNC cyberattacks were substandard.
Asked if she agreed, the attorney general responded: “I don’t. I don’t.”
“First of all the investigation isn’t even over, so I think it’s impossible to characterize it in any one way or the other,” Lynch said. “I don’t know where Mr. Podesta is obtaining information one way or another.”
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By Reena Flores CBS News
Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed back Friday on criticisms of the FBI following its investigation into the Russian-directed hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign staff.
In an interview published late Friday, CNN’s Jake Tapper spoke with Lynch about charges -- leveled by Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta in a Washington Post op-ed earlier this week -- that the FBI probe into the DNC cyberattacks were substandard.
Asked if she agreed, the attorney general responded: “I don’t. I don’t.”
“First of all the investigation isn’t even over, so I think it’s impossible to characterize it in any one way or the other,” Lynch said. “I don’t know where Mr. Podesta is obtaining information one way or another.”
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