(ABC NEWS) In what was likely one of his last news conferences as head of the Justice Department, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder today accused Republican critics of being “a little irresponsible” last week during Senate hearings to vet his likely replacement.
He said many of the questions posed to nominee Loretta Lynch and other witnesses over two days were “not particularly relevant” to Lynch’s qualifications, and a “notion that somehow or another this Justice Department has been politicized” seemed to “permeate that hearing both the first day and the second day.”
In a more light-hearted moment from last week’s hearing, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, asked Lynch: "You're not Eric Holder, are you?"
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