AG pick Loretta Lynch.... IT'S NOT JUST "ANOTHER" VACANCY

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http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/lynch.asp

Lynch Job

Claim:   Orly Taitz discovered a hidden connection between Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch and former Attorney General Eric Holder.

MIXTURE:

	TRUE: Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch was a sorority sister of former Attorney General Eric Holder's wife.
	FALSE: The connection between Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder was concealed until Orly Taitz uncovered it.

Example:   [Collected via Twitter, November 2014]

Is Loretta Lynch really a Harvard sorority sister of Sharon Malone (wife of AG Eric Holder)? #CoverUpContinues
 

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Can you verify Loretta Lynch is an old college friend of Sharon Malone, the wife of the current AG Eric Holder.

 

Origins:   On

2014, OrlyTaitz (one of the most prominent proponents of "birther" conspiracies) published a claim on her website about President Obama's appointment of federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to fill the position vacated by former Attorney General Eric Holder. According to Taitz, the name Sharon Malone (the name of Eric Holder's wife) in relation to Loretta Lynch "rang a bell," inspiring her to dust off her gumshoes and investigate the connections between Lynch, Malone, and Holder.

Taitz published her findings on 2014, explaining she discovered an interesting secret about Loretta Lynch and Sharon Malone. Taitz suggested through her painstaking investigative work, she had uncovered a bombshell revelation: she was "rather certain" that Malone and Lynch were old sorority sisters from their days at Harvard:

Judiciaryhttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/24/civil-forfeiture-likely-to-be-hot-issue-at-lynch-confirmation-hearing-experts/

AG pick Lynch may face grilling over seizing properties, experts say

By Joshua Rhett Miller

Published November 24, 2014

FoxNews.com

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April 28, 2014: Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York. President Obama chose Loretta Lynch as attorney general on Nov. 7, 2014, which would make her the first black woman in the position. (AP/Seth Wenig, File)

A boast by President Obama's pick to be the nation's top law enforcement official could come back to haunt her in confirmation hearings before the Senate, where some members object to prosecutors' rampant use of civil forfeiture, a controversial but legal process that can allow citizens' assets to be seized without due process.

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch, who Obama seeks to elevate to U.S. attorney general, replacing Eric Holder, announced in January that her office collected more than $904 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2013. While the policy generates funds used for other law enforcement efforts and offsets the burden on taxpayers, liberals and conservatives alike have questioned asset forfeiture as “an abuse of due process.” Experts say Lynch will likely have to defend the practice she once touted.

“It’s definitely a subject likely to come up and she’ll be pressed on it,” said Tim Lynch, director of Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. “I don’t know what she’s going to say, but I would expect her — as someone who’s going to assume leadership of the entire Justice Department — to come to the defense of these existing practices and I would be surprised if she struck a chord that’s different from that. The Department of Justice likes things exactly the way they are, so I assume she’s going to defend the status quo.”

"The Department of Justice likes things exactly the way they are, so I assume she’s going to defend the status quo."

- Tim Lynch, Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice