--- title: Bill Clinton Has Impromptu Meeting With AG Loretta Lynch description: Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch this week, but they did not discuss the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email use canonical: https://time.com/4389433/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-email-attorney-general-loretta-lynch/ author: Rosalie Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-30T14:26:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T00:03:41.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bill Clinton Just Met With the Attorney General. 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But They Didn’t Talk About Hillary Clinton's Email twitter:description: AG Loretta Lynch says they didn't discuss Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41ddb0ce4ebfdf52/69889a2f5f570f3042b218db/gettyimages-542139228.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Clinton Just Met With the Attorney General. But They Didn’t Talk About Hillary Clinton's Email by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:03 AM UTCPublished: Jun 30, 2016 2:26 PM UTC  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2016. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2016.Allison Shelley—Getty Images by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:03 AM UTCPublished: Jun 30, 2016 2:26 PM UTC Former President Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch this week, but they did not discuss the investigation of [Hillary Clinton’s email use](http://time.com/4051264/hillary-clinton-says-she-has-been-as-open-as-possible-over-emails/?iid=sr-link8) as secretary of state, Lynch says. Lynch said the meeting at a Phoenix airport on Tuesday was unplanned, [the Associated Press reported](http://elections.ap.org/content/latest-ag-says-didnt-discuss-emails-bill-clinton). The FBI and Justice Department are currently [investigating](http://time.com/4337518/hillary-clinton-emails-judicial-watch-civil-lawsuit/?iid=sr-link1) the security of Hillary Clinton’s private email server, which she used for government business as secretary of state, and the [potential mishandling](http://time.com/3977063/hillary-clinton-emails-laws-rules/?iid=sr-link7) of sensitive information. The issue has followed Clinton for [more than a year](http://time.com/3739541/transcript-hillary-clinton-email-press-conference/?iid=sr-link2). Clinton had said she [did not email classified information](http://time.com/3970890/investigators-hillary-clinton-emails/?iid=sr-link3) to anyone from her private server, but officials did find [classified information](http://time.com/4186530/hillary-clinton-emails-top-secret-intelligence/?iid=sr-link4) in her emails. Lynch said this week’s meeting happened when Bill Clinton was waiting to depart the airport and walked over to Lynch’s plane after she landed. Lynch said they mostly spoke about their grandchildren and their conversation was “primarily social and about our travels.” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest addressed the meeting during Thursday’s press briefing. Earnest said he believes the meeting did not affect the Department of Justice’s investigation. “Public trust would be eroded if people weren’t working to make clear that this investigation wouldn’t be influenced by politics,” Earnest said. “\[Attorney General Lynch\] certainly understands that investigations should be conducted free of political interference…she’s made clear that that’s the expectation she has for this investigation.” \[[_Associated Press_](http://elections.ap.org/content/latest-ag-says-didnt-discuss-emails-bill-clinton)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4389433/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-email-attorney-general-loretta-lynch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4389433/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-email-attorney-general-loretta-lynch/"},"headline":"Bill Clinton Just Met With the Attorney General. 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