
Then-FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress in late October announcing the reopened investigation but closed it two days before the election.Ĭritics believe the timing of Comey's letter may have cost Hillary the election to Donald Trump. The FBI began investigating Weiner in 2015 after revealed that he was in a 'sexting' relationship with a 15-year-old girl. The FBI chose not to bring criminal charges against Hillary at the time but the probe was reopened less than two weeks before the election when emails were found on a laptop belonging to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin's husband Anthony Weiner. She was questioned about whether she felt that the conversation was going on too long and conceded, 'As we were leaving I felt that it was - it certainly was going to raise a potential issue in the appearance of how the case was being handled.' 'He was saying that either he had been reading an article about Brexit, and he made a reference - he quoted something that had been in The Times - The New York Times, I should say - about Brexit when my staffer was stepping on to the plane.' And at that point the president was - Mr. She added in her testimony: 'And at one point a staffer of mine came on the plane to get me. Lynch said she made attempts to make a gracious exit more than once but that Clinton 'continued chatting. Lynch described how she recalled recent press about the Clintons' new grandchild and congratulated Bill. She said the roughly twenty minute parley was 'the only real conversation I've ever had with him.' She said Clinton 'spoke with him for several minutes, asked about our trip, asked about our flight.' 'As we walked to the door, the head of my security detail came to me and said: 'Ma'am, I've been informed … that former President Clinton is also at the airfield and would like to say hello.'' Lynch testified. talked only about 'grandkids' and golf for 37 minutes in plane on tarmac?'Īfter news of the meeting broke, Lynch was required to outline what happened to then Justice Department Inspector Michael Horowitz and to lawmakers behind closed doors on Capitol Hill.Ĭlinton and Lynch later claimed the meeting was an impromptu friendly chat It was not a coincidence,' Sign said in an interview about the meeting.ĭonald Trump tweeted at the time his story broke: 'Does anybody really believe that Bill Clinton and the U.S.A.G. 'We knew something had occurred that was a bit unusual. The story that led to the death threats had alleged that Clinton and Lynch met on her private jet to speak about the email investigation into Hillary amid the 2016 election campaign.Ĭlinton and Lynch later claimed it was an impromptu friendly chat. Birmingham because when I was enduring the death threats it was my former Alabama football family - my teammates, my coaches - who circled around me.'
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Sign said he and his wife Laura had prepared their three young children in case something happened by giving them 'secret code words', adding that 'they know what to do'. 'My family received significant death threats shortly after breaking this story,' Sign said in the interview to promote his book, titled 'Secret on the Tarmac', about the meeting.
