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Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American lawyer who served as the 83rd attorney general of the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Eric Holder and previously served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York under Presidents Bill Clinton (1999–2001), George W. Bush (2001) and Obama (2010–2015).
On November 8, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to succeed Eric Holder as the next Attorney General of the United States. [99] After a contentious nomination process, the Senate confirmed Lynch on April 23, 2015, in a 56–43 vote.
The United States attorney general is the head of the United States Department of Justice and serves as the chief law ... Barack Obama (2009–2017) ... Eric Holder ...
Holder is the 82nd AG and was one of President Obama's earliest appointees after working as the deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
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Filip led the department while President Obama's nominee, then attorney-general designate Eric Holder, awaited confirmation by the United States Senate. [4] Holder was confirmed on February 2, 2009, [10] and sworn in the next day [11] thus ending Filip's tenure as the acting attorney general.
Eric Holder, former President Barack Obama's attorney general, has weighed in on the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
In 2015, she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20, 2017, Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.