Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump argued Friday that former President Bill Clinton “opened up a Pandora’s box” by meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier in the week in Phoenix.
Trump, who was speaking at the Western Conservatives Summit in Denver, openly wondered to attendees if the former president and Lynch were really discussing golf and grandchildren, as Lynch suggested. The real estate tycoon also mockingly said that it was “just a coincidence” that the two were at the same airport at the same time, adding that he thought it was a joke when the news broke initially.
“Bill Clinton goes in the other day to her airplane. Just happened to be, oh just a coincidence. He just happened to be at the airport at this time. Think of it — just happened to be at the airport,” Trump said. You know, when I first heard the story, I said, ‘No, no, you’re kidding. I don’t believe it.’ I thought somebody was joking. But it’s not a joke. It’s not a joke, it’s a very serious thing. But to have a thing like that happen is so sad.”
Trump then targeted the former secretary herself, saying she is “so guilty” before turning back to the former president over his meeting with Lynch.
“As you know, Hillary is so guilty. She’s so guilty, I mean, you could read them right off here,” Trump continued. “And how that’s not being pursued properly and I think that he really — I think he really opened it up. He opened up a Pandora’s box, and it shows what’s going on, and it shows what’s happening with our laws and with our government.
“But if you think that he just happened to be at the airport because nobody really — and he may have, honestly, he may have left and gone someplace, but it seems like he was talking about golf and grandchildren.”
Earlier in the day, Lynch touched on the situation, saying that she understands why people are up in arms over the meeting, which some Democrats admit does not look good.
