…for Attorney General to replace Eric Holder.
During confirmation hearings which started yesterday [emphasis added],
Her biggest challenge could be explaining her support and participation in civil forfeitures, a legal process in which law enforcement agencies can seize money and other assets without charging or convicting the owners….
After nearly three years of legal battles, the federal government last week dropped its case against the Hirschs, who own a distribution company that serves convenience stores on Long Island. The government agreed to return more than $446,000 in assets and cash seized by the Internal Revenue Service in 2012 under federal civil asset forfeiture laws, even though the Hirsch family was never charged with a crime.
This was a case approved and brought by US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch.
Hmm….