Breitbart's Attack On Obama Attorney General Nominee Goes After The Wrong Loretta Lynch

[deminks]

Members of the conservative media are attempting to scandalize President Obama's Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch by suggesting she was involved in the Whitewater investigations of the 1990s. However, the Loretta Lynch that played a bit role in Whitewater -- an investigation into fraudulent real estate deals that did not include any wrongdoing by the Clintons -- is a different person than Obama's attorney general nominee.

According to a November 8 Breitbart.com article by Warner Todd Huston, "few are talking about" the fact nominee Lynch "was part of Bill Clinton's Whitewater probe defense team in 1992." Huston pointed to a March 1992 New York Times article that "reported that Lynch was one of the Clintons' Whitewater defense attorneys as well as a 'campaign aide.'" And in a November 9 article Huston's colleague, Breitbart.com Senior Editor-at Large Joel Pollak wrote, "The connection to Whitewater ought to provide additional fodder for Republicans during Lynch's confirmation hearings":

The connection to Whitewater ought to provide additional fodder for Republicans during Lynch's confirmation hearings. It is odd that Obama chose someone so close to the Clintons--or perhaps not, given the prominent role played by Clinton insider John Podesta in the second term of the Obama White House. Lynch has been rewarded throughout her career for her political loyalty--not an unusual path up the career ladder for federal prosecutors, but certainly one that will allow the GOP, as well as Obama, to raise the political stakes.

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/11/09/breitbarts-attack-on-obama-attorney-general-nom/201511



OOOpsie. Too bad the leader of the right wing noise machine can't seem to rachet it up a step.

[elleng]

1. Wouldn't want to confuse them with mere FACTS!

[PDJane]

2. I'm absolutely astounded. Truly. It's amazing.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Bottom line,most of the Nut Jobs will say it's true.

Watch this will be a Faux Noise and CNN piece.By night fall it will appear on NBC and ABC. Typical.

[Enrique]

4. there goes Breitbart's reputation

[Ampersand Unicode]

5. I was expecting them to go after Loretta Lynn.

Breitbart headline (the Onion as source, of course):

"Obama Appoints Coal Miner's Daughter to Go After Actual Coal Miners and Take Their Guns"

I mean, it's not like they've ever let facts -- or correct names -- get in the way of a good rage spiral.

[madfloridian]

6. Little Green Footballs blog right on top of this.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/44028_Breitbart_News_Bombshell_Report_on_Loretta_Lynch_and_Whitewater_Is_Totally_Wrong

Charles Johnson is really good now about calling out the Breitbart bunch.

[gratuitous]

7. What difference does it make?

Now that it's "out there," the popular media now have no choice but to report what Breitbart's Lord of the Flies Kindergarten and Coprophage Center has said. So, what does the Obama administration have to say about this? Darrell Issa will call some hearings and we'll get to the bottom of this! Why isn't the President addressing this scandal? Is it too soon to talk impeachment? Oh, and since someone said the secret word (Whitewater), we should pre-emptively impeach Hillary Clinton.

Yeah, I can totally see it happening.

[OregonBlue]

8. OMG. They are even stupider than we thought!! LOL

[Rex]

9. Funny, they just assumed something and didn't do one once of research.

Just like some here.