Attorney general declines to provide any details on Clinton email investigation

U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch repeatedly declined to answer questions on Tuesday about her department’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server while she was secretary of state, making for a bizarre congressional hearing in which she referred inquiries about the matter to a man lower than her on the organizational chart. At the outset of her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Lynch said it would be “inappropriate for me to comment further on the underlying facts of the investigation or the legal basis for the team’s recommendation.” That drew the ire of congressional Republicans and put her in stark contrast with FBI Director James B. Comey, who has offered a detailed, public explanation of how he concluded Clinton should not face criminal charges.