Washington • Senate Republicans demanded wholesale change at the Justice Department Thursday as they questioned whether President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee, Loretta Lynch, would provide it.
"The question for me and a lot of members on this side is whether Ms. Lynch is committed to leading the Department of Justice in a new direction," Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said as he gaveled open the second day of hearings into her nomination.
"She's clearly a skilled and competent lawyer," Grassley said, while complaining that Lynch's answers during day-long testimony Wednesday were "indirect." Grassley said he would be following up with more questions in writing.