Will Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch Be Called To Testify?

The Hill: Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch

Senate Republicans are clamouring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing on Comey’s testimony earlier this month that he was concerned over the former attorney general telling the FBI to refer to the Clinton investigation as a "matter," which resembled the Clinton campaign line.

The move could allow Republicans to attempt to pivot away from the investigation into Russia's election meddling — which top GOP lawmakers have signaled belongs to the Intelligence Committee — and focus on Lynch, who has long been a target of Republicans.

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WNU Editor: Laying the groundwork for a Special Counsel on the Clinton email scandal as well as diverting attention away from the Special Counsel on President Trump? We shall see.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch Clarifies Her Message On 'Hateful' Speech

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.

U.S. Attorney General: Will Prosecute Those Who 'Criticize' Muslims

Daily Wire: Loretta Lynch Vows to Prosecute Those Who Use 'Anti-Muslim' Speech That 'Edges Toward Violence'

The day after a horrific shooting spree by a "radicalized" Muslim man and his partner in San Bernardino, California, Attorney General Loretta Lynch pledged to a group of Muslim activists that she would take aggressive action against anyone who used "anti-Muslim rhetoric" that "edges toward violence."

Speaking to the audience at the Muslim Advocate's 10th anniversary dinner Thursday, Lynch said her "greatest fear" is the "incredibly disturbing rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric" in America and vowed to prosecute any guilty of what she deemed violence-inspiring speech. She said:

The fear that you have just mentioned is in fact my greatest fear as a prosecutor, as someone who is sworn to the protection of all of the American people, which is that the rhetoric will be accompanied by acts of violence. My message to not just the Muslim community but to the entire American community is: we cannot give in to the fear that these backlashes are really based on.

Update #1: Loretta Lynch: “Actions Predicated On Violent Talk” Toward Muslims Will Be Prosecuted (Buzz Feed)
Update #2: Loretta Lynch defends Muslims and announces investigation in arrest of Texas 'clock kid' (L.A. Times)

WNU Editor: She better clarify her statements. The Daily Wire is right when it says .... What exactly is speech that "edges toward violence"? What exactly are "actions predicated on violent talk"? In the end, it is whatever she decides it to mean.