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President Obama expected to nominate Loretta Lynch as Attorney General
CNN.com ^ | 11/07/2014 | Evan Perez

Posted on 11/07/2014 8:39:03 AM PST by GIdget2004

Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN.

An announcement is expected in the coming days, though timing is complicated by the president's plans to travel to Asia this weekend.

Lynch is a popular prosecutor who is in her second stint as US Attorney in New York's eastern district, appointed by President Obama in 2010 and also serving in the same post from 1999-2001 under President Bill Clinton.

White House principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz told CNN in a statement "We don't have any personnel updates for you, and I'm certainly not going to speculate on any decisions before the President announces them."

U.S. Officials says the President's decision is not official until there is a formal announcement from the White House.

Lynch would be the second woman to serve as Attorney General and second African American to hold the post.

Lynch served on the trial team that prosecuted and won convictions against New York City police officers for violating the civil rights of Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant who police sodomized.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: Responsibility2nd

AMEN! Don’t let her through.......


41 posted on 11/07/2014 9:03:00 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: fhayek

Attorney General Lynch is “ all bout that action, boss”........


42 posted on 11/07/2014 9:04:34 AM PST by rickomatic
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To: stephenjohnbanker

She’ll be president after Amnesty passes.

There’s that..


43 posted on 11/07/2014 9:04:57 AM PST by Norm Lenhart (Feet to the fire folks. YOU PROMISED!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

LOL.
Sure enough!


44 posted on 11/07/2014 9:06:49 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

When I first saw her on Drudge, my thoughts exactly. She does look like Sharpton in drag.


45 posted on 11/07/2014 9:07:36 AM PST by make no mistake
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To: Ophiucus

“Outside of being a black woman, what are her qualifications?”

Requiring “qualifications” is a tool of the white oppressor to keep down minorities.


46 posted on 11/07/2014 9:09:50 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Or they could whine about her prosecution of Rep. Michael Grimm, a R-Staten Island, for alleged tax fraud. Jury is still out as to whether that is real or just a typical Democrat partisan witch hunt.


47 posted on 11/07/2014 9:10:43 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Not that much of a resemblance, but they may have the same hairdresser.


48 posted on 11/07/2014 9:13:34 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: CrazyIvan
what are her qualifications

Stalinism, racism, sexism and a willingness to lie about anything that will benefit or protect the bOss.

49 posted on 11/07/2014 9:13:52 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: CrazyIvan
"Lesbian?"

I've searched, but can't find that she's married, ever been married, or ever had children. She's 55.

50 posted on 11/07/2014 9:14:16 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: dennisw
"NOW I GET IT!!! She is the first “gay” Attorney General of the United States."

Reno was gay. She was hooked up with Donna Shalala.

51 posted on 11/07/2014 9:16:43 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: GIdget2004

What in the world is a “popular Prosecutor?”


52 posted on 11/07/2014 9:18:35 AM PST by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Valerie Jarret clone....aka...They didn't break the mold.

About as political as you can get. Just another boot licker.

53 posted on 11/07/2014 9:19:15 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: fhayek

How about that. The coal miners daughter.


54 posted on 11/07/2014 9:22:02 AM PST by billhilly (First eligible to vote in 1958)
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To: GIdget2004

Whoa! I need glasses. I read it as “ Lorretta Lynn”.


55 posted on 11/07/2014 9:22:49 AM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: GIdget2004
I would have loved being a fly on the wall to watch Obola and his selection committee going over the candidates.
Qualifications:
Must be an attorney. Well only if the right candidate is a lawyer. Must be a minority. OK no problemo. Must be the first minority to be Attorney General. Oops. Damn already been done. Must be African American. Oops we have had an African American Attorney General. Damn, OK, dig out that list of Female African American Lawyers. Shazam! Thar she blows. Ergo, President Obola appoints the firstest shemale African American Attorney General. Ain't he just special.
56 posted on 11/07/2014 9:24:18 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Oh, ok........


57 posted on 11/07/2014 9:28:57 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Sacajaweau

.she’s black....who would have guessed....and female....who would have guessed... ANNNND, maybe Lgbtqsstup?


58 posted on 11/07/2014 9:31:36 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Now I suppose we will hear from all the FReepers who believe we can’t stop this nomination, which of course, is pure crap.


59 posted on 11/07/2014 9:32:32 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: GIdget2004
Lynch is a popular prosecutor...

Aside from the oxymoron alert, the mere fact that a prosecutor is popular ought to disqualify her from holding any government office.

60 posted on 11/07/2014 9:34:15 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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