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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, head into the Senate Chamber on Cap[itol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2015, for the confirmation vote on the nomination of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General. Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the title and remained divided to the end. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo. Lynch has won confirmation to serve as the nation's attorney general, ending months of delay. The vote was 56-43 in the Senate Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks from his office to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2015, as the Senate is expected to vote on the nomination of Loretta Lynch as the next attorney general. The vote to confirm Ms. Lynch, who would be the first female African American Attorney General, has been delayed for over five months. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing. The White House blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up confirmation of Lynch, President Barack Obama's pick for attorney general, arguing the "unconscionable delay" was a stain on the Kentucky Republican's leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will begin consideration of Lynch's nomination to be attorney general next week. Democrats have been pressing for the Senate to act on President Barack Obama's selection of Lynch, who is the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats pressed Republican leaders Thursday, March 5, to schedule a vote on the president's pick to be attorney general. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch in November. She now serves as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

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Asked how she would break with Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch said she would approach Congress with a different style — but didn't offer any of his legal stances where she took issue with him. (Associated Press)

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National Edition Opinion cover for February 3, 2015 - Pitfalls and pratfalls for Loretta Lynch (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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Loretta Lynch and the Constitution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (left) and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy led the confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch, President Obama's choice to run the Justice Department. Republicans acknowledged that she has the experience and independence for the position, and reserved their criticism for the man she is to replace: Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (Associated Press)

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Challenged by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch defends President Barack Obama's decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation though they live in the country illegally but she said they have no right to citizenship under the law, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 during her confirmation hearing before the committee. Lynch made her remarks in the opening moments of a hearing into her appointment as the nation's first black female attorney general. It is the first confirmation proceeding since Republicans took control of the Senate this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch is escorted by her security detail on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes a break during her confirmation hearing. She is now the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. If confirmed, Lynch would replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation in September after leading the Justice Department for six years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senators are worried that Loretta Lynch, who would become the nation's first black female attorney general, has too many similarities to Eric H. Holder Jr., who has had an adversarial relationship with the legislative branch. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have been urged to ask Loretta Lynch, nominee to be attorney general, about her plans to prosecute federal laws on obscenity. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the nomination process for Loretta Lynch by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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National Edition News cover for November 10, 2014 - Confirming Holder successor an uphill task: President Barack Obama stands next to attorney Loretta Lynch as she speaks, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, where he announced that he will nominate Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)