Obama nominates Loretta Lynch for attorney general
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Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for New York, is President Barack Obama's nominee to replace Attorney General Eric Holder.
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Lynch would be the second woman in the post, and the second African American, following Eric Holder. That could make opposition from the Republican Senate more politically difficult, especially as she's been previously confirmed by acclimation twice previously.
A career prosecutor who's been confirmed twice by the Senate to one of the most prominent U.S. attorney positions, Lynch has experience with many of the major issues that a new attorney general would confront -- including terrorism and financial crimes. She does not have a deep personal relationships with Obama or his close aides, or a resonance with the Democratic base eager to see the president pick fights more post-midterms.
At her nomination, Obama called her "tough, fair," and committed to "fairness, equality and justice."
On The Daily Circuit, we look at her record in New York. Do we know what sort of attorney general she will be?
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