Brooklyn experience prepares Loretta Lynch for Attorney General role
President Obama Calls Eastern District One of the Country’s ‘Most Prominent’
President Barack Obama has announced Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch for his pick for the next U.S. attorney general. If confirmed, Lynch will be the first African-American woman to hold this position, following the tenure of current U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder — the first African-American male in that role.
“I can think of no better public servant to be our next attorney general,” Obama said at a White House press conference Saturday.
Lynch has served as Brooklyn’s top federal prosecutor since 2010 after a stint in the office in 1999. As U.S. attorney for the Eastern District, Lynch’s jurisdiction covers Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and Brooklyn, where its primary courthouse sits.