US atty general says will not interfere in Clinton email probe

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday she will abide by decisions of the FBI and prosecutors on whether to bring charges over presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's use of personal email while at the State Department.

"The recommendations will be reviewed by career supervisors and by the FBI director, and they will present it to me and I fully expect to accept the recommendations," Lynch said at a conference in Aspen, Colorado.

The announcement by Lynch was pushed to the fore after her impromptu meeting with former president Bill Clinton at the Phoenix, Arizona airport this week touched off a political firestorm, with Republicans arguing that the encounter compromised the integrity of the investigation.

Lynch said it was "important to make it clear that that meeting with President Clinton does not have a bearing on how this matter will be reviewed, resolved, and accepted by me."