On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC 360,” journalist, author, and CNN Political Analyst Carl Bernstein blasted Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s meeting with Bill Clinton as “inexplicable,” “wrong,” and “improper,” and called for Lynch to recuse herself from the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton because “It’s unthinkable that she can go on being in charge of this investigation.” Bernstein said, “This plays right into Trump’s hand, but the terrible thing is the incredible lapse in judgment by both the attorney general and Bill Clinton. It’s inexplicable, it’s wrong, it’s improper, and she needs, the attorney general, to now recuse herself from overseeing this investigation and turn it over to the deputy attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division. It’s unthinkable that she can go on being in charge of this investigation.” Guest anchor Jake Tapper added that John Ashcroft recused himself from the investigation into the Valerie Plame leak, and that then-Senators Obama and Clinton called for Alberto Gonzales to recuse himself from the investigation into Jack Abramoff. Bernstein later stated, “Well, the important thing here is, that something like this shouldn’t happen, that among other things, Bill Clinton, the Clinton Foundation may be