WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Loretta E. Lynch, President Obama’s nominee to become the next attorney general, made the rounds on Capitol Hill, visiting with key senators in advance of her upcoming confirmation hearing.


The next day, U.S. Attorney Lynch, whose New York district oversees Staten Island, was handed one of the country’s highest-profile — and most politically sensitive — cases, which in the coming weeks will help define her nomination process.
As crowds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday evening in the streets of midtown Manhattan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an African American man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white officer in Staten Island. Lynch will run it.
For most Cabinet nominees, the challenge presented by the Garner investigation would probably be highly unwelcome. But Lynch has navigated similarly rough waters before — where race, justice and political scrutiny collide — and emerged successful.
Lynch, who met with Garner’s family in August, has been closely monitoring the case along with the civil rights division of the Justice Department. Holder said the local investigation was allowed to proceed first. “Our prosecutors,” he said, “will conduct an independent, thorough, fair and expeditious investigation.” (read more)

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