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| Attorney General nominee Loretta E. Lynch will highlight her strong bonds with law enforcement and emphasize the need for Congress and the Justice Department to foster a better relationship when she appears Wednesday morning for the first time before the Senate Judiciary Committee. | Attorney General nominee Loretta E. Lynch will highlight her strong bonds with law enforcement and emphasize the need for Congress and the Justice Department to foster a better relationship when she appears Wednesday morning for the first time before the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
| Lynch, 55, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the first African American woman nominated to be attorney general, will testify at the beginning of a two-day confirmation hearing before the committee. | Lynch, 55, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the first African American woman nominated to be attorney general, will testify at the beginning of a two-day confirmation hearing before the committee. |
| She will be accompanied by her husband, her father who traveled from Durham, N.C., and her only surviving brother, who is a preacher in Charlotte. Her other brother, Lorenzo Jr., a former Navy SEAL, died in 2009. She will place his Navy SEAL trident pin on the witness table in front of her while she testifies. | |
| “I look forward to fostering a new and improved relationship with this committee, the United States Senate, and the entire United States Congress — a relationship based on mutual respect and constitutional balance,” Lynch will tell the committee, according to excerpts of her prepared testimony obtained by The Washington Post. | “I look forward to fostering a new and improved relationship with this committee, the United States Senate, and the entire United States Congress — a relationship based on mutual respect and constitutional balance,” Lynch will tell the committee, according to excerpts of her prepared testimony obtained by The Washington Post. |
| Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. had a rocky relationship with Congress during his six-year tenure and was a regular target of Republicans’ ire on a range of issues from an investigations into the IRS and the Benghazi attacks to a botched gun-trafficking operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. | Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. had a rocky relationship with Congress during his six-year tenure and was a regular target of Republicans’ ire on a range of issues from an investigations into the IRS and the Benghazi attacks to a botched gun-trafficking operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. |
| On the second day of testimony, several witnesses are expected to criticize Holder’s time as attorney general. Holder announced his resignation in September, but said he will stay on until a new attorney general is confirmed by the Senate. | On the second day of testimony, several witnesses are expected to criticize Holder’s time as attorney general. Holder announced his resignation in September, but said he will stay on until a new attorney general is confirmed by the Senate. |
| If Lynch is confirmed as the 83rd attorney general, she will take the reins of the Justice Department at a moment of high tension between law enforcement and minority communities around the country. | If Lynch is confirmed as the 83rd attorney general, she will take the reins of the Justice Department at a moment of high tension between law enforcement and minority communities around the country. |
| In her testimony, she will emphasize her strong bonds with law enforcement and her desire to heal the rifts between police and the communities they are tasked with protecting. | In her testimony, she will emphasize her strong bonds with law enforcement and her desire to heal the rifts between police and the communities they are tasked with protecting. |
| “One of my key priorities would be to work to strengthen the vital relationships between our courageous law enforcement personnel and the communities we serve,” according to Lynch’s prepared statement. “Few things have pained me more than the recent reports of tension and division between law enforcement and the communities we serve.” | “One of my key priorities would be to work to strengthen the vital relationships between our courageous law enforcement personnel and the communities we serve,” according to Lynch’s prepared statement. “Few things have pained me more than the recent reports of tension and division between law enforcement and the communities we serve.” |
| One of her key priorities will be to work to strengthen “the vital relationships between our courageous law enforcement personnel and all the communities we serve,” Lynch will say. | One of her key priorities will be to work to strengthen “the vital relationships between our courageous law enforcement personnel and all the communities we serve,” Lynch will say. |
| “In my career, I have seen this relationship flourish – I have seen law enforcement forge unbreakable bonds with community residents and have seen violence-ravaged communities come together to honor officers who risked all to protect them,” Lynch planned to say. “As attorney general, I will draw all voices into this important discussion.” | “In my career, I have seen this relationship flourish – I have seen law enforcement forge unbreakable bonds with community residents and have seen violence-ravaged communities come together to honor officers who risked all to protect them,” Lynch planned to say. “As attorney general, I will draw all voices into this important discussion.” |
| If confirmed, Lynch will face daily national security challenges. She plans to tell the committee that she would make cybercrime prosecutions a priority of her tenure. | If confirmed, Lynch will face daily national security challenges. She plans to tell the committee that she would make cybercrime prosecutions a priority of her tenure. |
| “I intend to expand and enhance our capabilities in order to effectively prevent ever-evolving attacks in cyberspace, expose wrongdoers, and bring perpetrators to justice,” Lynch will testify. | “I intend to expand and enhance our capabilities in order to effectively prevent ever-evolving attacks in cyberspace, expose wrongdoers, and bring perpetrators to justice,” Lynch will testify. |
| Lynch will also tell the committee about her family and the values instilled in her by her parents, both from North Carolina. | Lynch will also tell the committee about her family and the values instilled in her by her parents, both from North Carolina. |
| “My mother, Lorine, who was unable to travel here today, is a retired English teacher and librarian for whom education was the key to a better life,” Lynch will say. “She recalls people in her rural community pressing a dime or a quarter into her hands to support her college education. As a young woman, she refused to use segregated restrooms because they did not represent the America in which she believed.” | “My mother, Lorine, who was unable to travel here today, is a retired English teacher and librarian for whom education was the key to a better life,” Lynch will say. “She recalls people in her rural community pressing a dime or a quarter into her hands to support her college education. As a young woman, she refused to use segregated restrooms because they did not represent the America in which she believed.” |
| “She instilled in me an abiding love of literature and learning, and taught me the value of hard work and sacrifice,” Lynch will say. | “She instilled in me an abiding love of literature and learning, and taught me the value of hard work and sacrifice,” Lynch will say. |
| Lynch’s father, Rev. Lorenzo Lynch, a fourth-generation Baptist preacher opened his Greensboro church in the early 1960s to those planning sit-ins and marches, standing with the protestors while carrying her on his shoulders. | Lynch’s father, Rev. Lorenzo Lynch, a fourth-generation Baptist preacher opened his Greensboro church in the early 1960s to those planning sit-ins and marches, standing with the protestors while carrying her on his shoulders. |
| “As I come before you today in this historic chamber, I still stand on my father’s shoulders, as well as on the shoulders of all those who have gone before me and who dreamed of making the promise of America a reality for all and worked to achieve that goal,” Lynch will say. “I believe in the promise of America because I have lived the promise of America.” | “As I come before you today in this historic chamber, I still stand on my father’s shoulders, as well as on the shoulders of all those who have gone before me and who dreamed of making the promise of America a reality for all and worked to achieve that goal,” Lynch will say. “I believe in the promise of America because I have lived the promise of America.” |