“As the conversation around the Supreme Court vacancy progressed, the Attorney General determined that the limitations inherent in the nomination process would curtail her effectiveness in her current role”, Melanie Newman, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said in a statement on Tuesday. “I’m very happy with my job”, Lynch said. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department. But she was never a likely choice.
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Republicans who control the U.S. Senate do not want to see the court shift ideologically to the left and have said they will not hold a vote on Obama’s nominee.
“The fact that Lynch was vetted so recently for attorney general also makes it practical for the president to nominate her in relatively short order”, Goldstein previously wrote.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the committee chairman, asked Lynch whether Pagliano’s immunity offer carried over to congressional committees. She added she hasn’t spoken to anyone at the White.
Lynch declined to answer the question.
Asked by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., whether she would advise Earnest to “just stay silent” about the investigation, she replied, “Certainly it’s my hope that when it comes to ongoing investigations that we all would stay silent”.
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Lynch had been among the names floated by observers as potential nominees.
