Loretta Lynch promises 'strength and fairness' as US attorney general

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Lynch, the first African American woman to hold the country’s top law enforcement position, is sworn in after historically lengthy confirmation process

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

 

Monday 27 April 2015 18.38 BST

 

 

 

Loretta Lynch was sworn in Monday as the 83rd US attorney general, the first African American woman to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official.

 

Speaking before family members, Justice Department lawyers and supporters, Lynch said her confirmation as attorney general showed that “we can do anything” and pledged that the agency would “use justice as our compass” in confronting terrorism, cyber-attacks and other threats facing the country.

 

“We can imbue our criminal justice system with both strength and fairness, for the protection of both the needs of victims and the rights of all. We can restore trust and faith both in our laws and in those of us who enforce them,” Lynch said, an apparent reference to ongoing efforts to repair relations between police departments and minority communities that they serve.

 

Vice-President Joe Biden administered the oath of office to Lynch at a Justice Department ceremony, calling Lynch an “incredibly qualified” selection. He said Lynch had shown grace during the months-long confirmation process, in which her nomination became caught up in Congress a dispute over human trafficking legislation.

 

The 55-year-old Lynch was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday. She replaces Eric Holder, who left the position on Friday after serving as attorney general for six years.

 

“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s about time – it’s about time this woman is being sworn in,” Biden said to applause.

 

She was previously the US attorney for the eastern district of New York, which encompasses much of New York City, and is expected to serve as the top federal law enforcement official for the remainder of the Obama administration.

 

Lynch isn’t expected to make radical departures from Holder’s agenda, but has said she hopes to have a productive relationship with Congress. Holder frequently clashed with Republicans on Capitol Hill and was held in contempt during a document dispute arising from the Fast and Furious federal investigation into gun trafficking.

 

The Harvard-educated Lynch grew up in North Carolina during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the daughter of a librarian and a fourth-generation Baptist preacher who Biden said would take his child to the courthouse to observe important cases.

 

“I am here to tell you, if a little girl from North Carolina who used to tell her grandfather in the fields to lift her up on the back of his mule, so she could see ‘way up high, Granddaddy,’ can become the chief law enforcement officer of the United States of America, then we can do anything,” Lynch said.

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/27/loretta-lynch-sworn-in-us-attorney-general

 

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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She & Joe Biden also sucked and kissed Eric Holder & hobummer's butts like they were the

spigots of The Fountain of Youth, too.  

 

The LEGACY of LIARS continues. Not to be trusted... no way, no how.

 

This regime merely appointed another demon to do The Cartel of Evils' bidding is all. 

[Whatshername]

 

Same as the corrupt old boss...

 

There will be no justice under obama.

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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EXACTLY, WHATSHERNAME !

 

NO JUSTICE UNDER HOBUMMER IS RIGHT !  

 

Unless you are a radical jihadist, then you get a free air trip to Bahrain, get to live in a luxurious condo,

and when you're ready, you get to go out and play with your terrorist pals and murder more folks.

 

Unless you're a yella coward deserter who got our Soldiers murdered, then you get an increase in rank,

another free airplane ride, huge bonuses and free legal counsel...

 

Unless yer Al Sharpton and no longer have to pay taxes...

like those 4 - count 'em - 4 talking heads on MSNBC , who owe between 50K and 51/2 million in back taxes !

 

Unless yer Lois Lerner - the more you lie, the more money he gives you to retire in luxury !

 

We could go on ad infinitum -- suffice to say - hobummer's sense of Justice is SICK & TWISTED.

 

he, eric holder & valerie jarrett should ALL be incarcerated - with illegal alien murderers for cell mates!