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N.Y. Attorney General Candidate Considered for U.S. Attorney

By Andrew Ramonas

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A district attorney vying for New York attorney general was among the applicants considered for the state’s Eastern District U.S. Attorney nomination this year, the City Hall reported Thursday.

Kathleen Rice (Kathleenrice.com)

Kathleen Rice, Nassau County, N.Y., district attorney, met with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his judicial screening committee in spring 2009. But Loretta Lynch, a former Bill Clinton U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, got the nod. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch on Jan. 20, and the Senate confirmed her on April 22.

It is unclear why Rice, a former Eastern District of Pennsylvania Assistant U.S. Attorney, did not get the nomination. A Schumer representative and members of his screening panel declined to comment to the publication about why Rice was turned down for the post.

Eric Phillips, a spokesman for the Rice campaign, told the City Hall that they respected the decision to nominate Lynch. He said the decision to pick Lynch was “obviously understandable” because of her experience in the Brooklyn-based U.S. Attorney’s office.

Full post as published by Main Justice on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).