INTERVIEW – TOM FITTON – Judicial Watch – discussed the recent NBC news interview with Loretta Lynch and what we are able to learn from this interview if anything

• Former AG Lynch defends Justice Department and FBI amid Trump criticism. The recent wave of harsh attacks on the Justice Department and its law enforcement arm, the FBI, have been “painful,” former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in an exclusive interview set to air Monday. Lynch, speaking with NBC News’ Lester Holt, defended the tens of thousands of people who work for the Justice Department, saying it is “troubling when people question the motivations of dedicated, committed professionals.” “I look at the department as a place that I was proud to lead,” said Lynch, an Obama administration appointee. “So watching the attacks on it is painful at times.”

• Ex-AG Lynch: Clinton tarmac talk was about ‘innocuous things’  (Fox News) -Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch claims she and former President Bill Clinton spoke of only “innocuous things” during their controversial meeting on a tarmac in Arizona just days before the FBI decided it would not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information on her private email server in 2016. During an exclusive interview to air on NBC Monday evening, Lynch addressed her “chance encounter” with the former president on her plane in July 2016 in Phoenix, telling NBC that the meeting was purely social.

• Comey Had No ‘Concerns’ With Handling of Clinton Email Investigation, Loretta Lynch Says (Newsweek) — Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not see a problem with calling the Hillary Clinton email probe a “matter” instead of an “investigation,” she said in a rare television interview. Lynch was attorney general under former President Barack Obama and spoke to NBC News’s Lester Holt for an interview airing Monday. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have accused Lynch of improperly influencing the FBI’s now-completed investigation into Clinton’s use of a personal email server. They have pointed out that Lynch spoke with former President Bill Clinton on an airplane days before the FBI announced the end of the investigation, and that FBI leadership began drafting the statement about the end of the probe months in advance.