Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/1/2016

The Austrian Constitutional Court has ruled that irregularities in May’s presidential election are of sufficient magnitude that the results are invalid, and a new election must be held. The vote is expected to occur sometime in late September.

In other news, an unofficial meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton caused controversy due to an appearance of impropriety, given that Ms. Lynch’s department is currently conducting a criminal investigation of Mr. Clinton’s wife. In response to all the furor, Ms. Lynch announced that she would implement the recommendations of the FBI and federal prosecutors about whether or not Mrs. Clinton should be indicted for criminal mishandling of top-secret government emails during her tenure as Secretary of State.…