Posted on 02/24/2015 7:50:34 PM PST by jazusamo
When it comes to most of the thorny issues she’ll be asked to referee on between President Obama and Congress, Loretta Lynch, the woman nominated to be the next attorney general, said she doesn’t yet have a sense for how she’ll come down.
Ms. Lynch, who faces a probable vote Thursday in the Judiciary Committee and likely action by the full Senate next month, deflected dozens of questions in 221 pages of written responses to the panel, saying she wasn’t familiar with the fight over documents from the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation, couldn’t talk accurately about major parts of the administration’s immigration policy, didn’t want to prejudge the rights afforded suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay and was “not familiar” with bills to close the gun show background check loophole.
The instances where Ms. Lynch did take a stand, she signaled continuity with current Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., whom she defended for refusing to back the Defense of Marriage Act in court, for not prosecuting marijuana users in many states despite federal law that still makes the drug illegal and for issuing a legal opinion backing the president’s immigration actions that a federal court last week ruled illegal.
Asked how she would break with Mr. Holder, Ms. Lynch said she would approach Congress with a different style — but didn’t offer any of his legal stances where she took issue with him.
“Every Attorney General must decide on priorities for the Department of Justice. If I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as attorney general, I would bring my own personal approach to decisions about the department’s priorities,” she wrote.
And asked specifically to list her own mistakes, Ms. Lynch instead praised herself, saying she’s done great work on cybercrime — but wished she’d started it earlier.
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Vote her down!
Eric Holder in skirts.
No surprise, coming from Obama.
Loretta Place-Holder
No sweat, our party will cave and give her the nod.
Filibusterer her ass . God these republicrats suck.
She is close enough to Holder to share a toothbrush.
Are there no straight white male non com symp’s from somewhere else other than NYC available to head the DOJ?
It’s unbelievable that this degenerate SOCIALIST CROOK would get a single Republican vote!
She is COMPLICIT in aiding and abetting money laundering by HSBC.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/whistleblower-believes-hsbc-still-money-laundering/
I wonder why there are few non-African Americans, say white folks, that are qualified to serve on Zer0’s Cabinet???
The republicans could stop every nominee. Every one.
I wish they would. I pray they will.
I don’t believe they will.
Well said. It’s exactly what they should do but like you I don’t believe they will.
Amen, and with the relationship between her and Holder’s wife they may at times.
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