Oh for crying out loud.

Another Clinton “scandal” that calls into question Hillary’s trustworthiness.  Here’s what happened:

Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced continuing questions Thursday related to an awkward encounter with former president Bill Clinton after the two crossed paths Monday at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport.

Lynch, who will ultimately determine the outcome of an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private email server while secretary of state, was arriving in the city in advance of a community policing event as Clinton was departing when the former president relayed through a security detail that he would like to say hello.

Lynch, during a later meeting with reporters, acknowledged the meeting with Bill Clinton but said there was no discussion of the investigation involving his wife, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, or the congressional report that examined her response to the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks.

So let’s point out some obvious points:

(1)  Hillary Clinton wasn’t there
(2)  Even if you don’t trust Bill Clinton, there is nothing to suggest that Loretta Lynch is corruptable

And that’s it.

Once again, we have the “guilty before proven innocent” standard that applies to the Clintons only.  And then you have some pundits out there (Smerconish, I’m looking at you) who say, “Well, it looks bad and given the high untrustworthiness rating of the Clintons, shouldn’t he have known better?”

Yup. Even if we acknowledge that the “guilty before proven innocent” standard is unfairly applied, we can still ding them on the optics.

This is obscene and circular.  The Clintons have a bad rap for untrustworthiness because of inflated non-scandals like this, so now ANY non-scandal becomes part of the meme whether it has any basis or not.

Bill Clinton got a BJ in the White House, and lied about it.  16 years ago.  That had no relevance to his presidency now, and even less to Hillary’s candidacy today.

But here we are.

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch plans to announce today that she will accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and the F.B.I. director make about whether to bring charges related to Hillary Clinton’s personal email server. Her decision removes the possibility that a political appointee will overrule investigators in the case.  Okay?

Next non-scandal?

UPDATE:  Well, Lynch didn’t quite go as far as predicted:

Attorney General Loretta Lynch is reserving the right to overrule prosecutors and FBI investigators on whether to bring charges after their probe into Hillary Clinton’s personal e-mail server, but she is strongly inclined to follow their recommendation, a Justice Department official said.

The attorney general will discuss the inquiry during an appearance at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Friday, according to the official, who asked not to be identified in advance of Lynch’s comments that are aimed at reaffirming that she will follow usual Justice Department practices. News of a private meeting between the attorney general and former President Bill Clinton sparked rebukes from Republicans and concern among some Democrats about perceptions of impropriety.

Which means this will be fodder for a while.  Maybe the Fourth of July holiday will get people focused on other stuff.