WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged Friday that her impromptu meeting with Bill Clinton “cast a shadow” on public perception of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email. She hastened to add that she would follow the recommendations of career prosecutors on whether to file criminal charges against the former secretary of state.

The statement was aimed at tamping down concerns that the investigation could be politically tainted or that Lynch, an Obama administration appointee, might overrule the findings of agents and prosecutors. They have spent months looking into the possible mishandling of classified information on the private email server Clinton used as secretary of state.

Lynch said she understood that her private meeting with Clinton aboard her plane in Phoenix might be seen as compromising the neutrality of the investigation, even though she said the probe of Hillary Clinton was not discussed. “I certainly wouldn’t do it again,” she said.

Addressing the matter at a Colorado conference, Lynch said: “This case will be resolved by the team that’s been working on it from the beginning.” She said she will accept the recommendations of that team, whenever they come.

The outcome of the investigation is bound to play heavily in the presidential campaign, whether to Clinton’s benefit if she emerges unscathed or Republican rival Donald Trump in the event that she or anyone close to her winds up prosecuted.

Trump tweeted that “Bill’s meeting was probably initiated and demanded by Hillary,” without offering evidence of that. “Does anybody really believe that meeting was just a coincidence?” he asked.