title: Lynch says meeting with Bill Clinton 'casts a shadow' over email probe
text: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Friday she understands how her meeting with former president Bill Clinton “casts a shadow” over the perception of independence in the investigation her department is conducting into his wife’s email use.  Bill Clinton met with Lynch on her plane in Phoenix on Monday night, triggering a firestorm from Republicans and a public statement from Lynch that she will accept whatever outcome independent investigators decide at the end of the probe into the Democratic presidential front-runner’s use of a private email server.  