Loretta Lynch Says She’ll Relate Better With Congress

Confronting skeptical Republicans, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch pledged a new start with Congress and independence from President Barack Obama Wednesday, even as she defended the president’s unilateral protections for millions of immigrants in the country illegally.

Republicans showered her with criticism on the current occupant of the job, Eric Holder, saying he was contemptuous of Congress and too politically close to Obama, and repeatedly demanded assurances that Lynch would do things differently. It was a moment that summed up a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that was often more about Obama and Holder than about Lynch. She faces another day of questions tomorrow.

AbC’s Ali Weinberg joined us to discuss.

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