Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch talked at airport

Former US president Bill Clinton spoke with attorney general Loretta Lynch at an impromptu meeting in Phoenix, but Ms Lynch said that the discussion did not involve the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email use as secretary of state.

She told reporters that the meeting at a Phoenix airport on Monday was unplanned and happened while Mr Clinton was waiting to depart and walked over to the attorney general’s plane after she landed.

Ms Lynch said their conversation “was a great deal about his grandchildren” and their travels.