Dems Line Up Support for Lynch as AG

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Top Senate Democrats are starting to rally around the possible selection of Loretta Lynch, a U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, as President Obama’s choice to replace Eric Holder as attorney general.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a prominent member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chairman of the Senate Democrats’ Policy and Communications Center, is a new convert on Lynch for attorney general, two sources familiar with the confirmation process told theWashington Examiner.

His support for a Lynch nomination boosts her candidacy and is viewed as a way to encourage other Democrats to quickly back her selection.

Schumer had twice recommended Lynch to the White House for U.S. attorney and said Friday that she would make “an outstanding attorney general.”

Early in the week, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee were put on notice that Obama could name his pick for attorney general Thursday or Friday but the choice and timing would depend on election results, two sources said.