Security
Source Details Bill Clinton Maneuvers to Meet Loretta Lynch
Former president
delayed Phoenix takeoff to snare '20-25 minute encounter' with Attorney General
An exclusive interview with a
security source who was present at the unplanned meeting Monday night on a
Phoenix tarmac between former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General
Lorretta Lynch has shed additional light on an unusual summit that is embroiling
the AG in charges of favoritism. As attorney general, Lynch heads the
Department of Justice just as it is deciding whether to proceed with charges
against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her use of a
private email server during her tenure as President Obama’s secretary of state.
The source has decades of experience providing security to
government officials. The source spoke to the Observer for 20 minutes and
answered follow-up questions via text message on the condition that no further
details be revealed, including even gender, given the possibility of losing his
or her job as an active overseer of security arrangements. This person was
on-hand for the entirety of the meeting and some of its aftermath.
According to this source, whose credentials were checked
and confirmed by the Observer with sources inside both the FBI and the United
States Secret Service, the attorney general was caught completely off guard by
the meeting and the source dismisses suggestions that have been raised alleging
that she waited there to see Bill Clinton or accommodated his request to
see him. In fact, it seems from this source that it was Bill Clinton who
was maneuvering for face time with the attorney general, because his plane had
been scheduled to leave before hers arrived. Source
