AG Loretta Lynch (White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Politico: Lynch recalibrates message on hateful speech
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Monday appeared to recalibrate remarks she made last week that suggested the Justice Department could investigate speech deemed hostile towards Muslims.
"Of course, we prosecute deeds and not words," she said at a press conference Monday to announce an unrelated civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Some conservatives criticized Lynch for her comments to a Muslim civil rights group, where she lamented "the ability of people to issue hateful speech of all types from the anonymity of a screen."
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WNU Editor: Someone (probably from the White House) told her to go out there and clarify her remarks .... but the fact that she did not do so until today .... I cannot help but wonder if she really wanted to do that. Her comments on what motivated the San Bernardino shooters are also a disappointment .... she just does not want to go there.
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