A meeting this week between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton is creating headaches for Hillary Clinton's campaign, CNN reported.

Lynch and Bill Clinton met privately in Phoenix Monday after the two realized they were on the same tarmac, an aide to the former president said. 

The meeting is raising questions about whether the independence of the US Justice Department, which is conducting an investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, might have been compromised.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, said he believes Lynch will remain objective in her role but would have advised against the meeting, which he said sends the wrong signal even if it was "a brief, casual, social meeting with the former president."

"I think she should have said, 'Look, I recognize you have a long record of leadership on fighting crime but this is not the time for us to have that conversation. After the election is over, I'd welcome your advice,'" Coons added.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said Thursday the meeting was "terrible."

"It was really a sneak," Trump said, adding 
"You see a thing like this and, even in terms of judgment, how bad of judgment is it for him or for her to do this? Who would do this?".

Trump continued his criticism during an interview with New Hampshire-based CNN affiliate WBIN-TV Thursday night, calling the meeting "shocking" and "very disappointing."

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest reiterated US President Barack Obama's commitment to avoiding "political interference" in the US Department of Justice investigations after the airport meeting.

Referring back to Lynch's comments about the meeting, Earnest said Lynch understands investigations should be "conducted free of political influence and consistent with the facts."

He said Obama has also made clear he expects the US Department of Justice investigation into Clinton's emails to proceed without political interference.

Source : MENA