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FOIA News: FBI sued over records of Bill Clinton, Loretta Lynch meeting

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FBI sued over records of Bill Clinton, Loretta Lynch meeting

By Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, Oct. 31, 2016

A conservative-leaning watchdog group sued the FBI Friday after the law enforcement agency ignored a Freedom of Information Act request for records related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

Judicial Watch filed a FOIA on July 7 for documents that included "all records related to the meeting between Attorney General Lynch and former President Bill Clinton on June 27, 2016."

Bill Clinton and Lynch met privately on a Phoenix tarmac in the final days of the email probe after they said their jets unexpectedly landed near each other.

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