Obama praises Lynch as tough-but-fair attorney general
WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised Attorney General Loretta Lynch as tough but fair and committed to justice, traits that have prepared her to make her mark as the American people’s lawyer.
During a second, ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Lynch a few blocks from the White House at the Warner Theatre Obama noted Lynch’s experience in fighting terrorism, financial fraud and cybercrime, and said she has put “laser focus” on carrying out the Justice Department’s anti-terrorism, financial fraud and civil rights priorities.
“The law is her map; justice, her compass,” Obama said. “She is tough, but she is fair. She is firm but kind. Her intelligence and her judgment, her grace under fire have earned the trust and admiration of those she works with and those she serves, and even those she goes up against.”
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