Paul is the first Republican outside the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn who is seeking to become the first African-American woman to serve as attorney general.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Texas) has said he’ll support Lynch. But several of the committee’s GOP members — including Cruz, David Vitter of Louisiana, Jeff Sessions of Alabama and John Cornyn of Texas — say they’ll oppose her.
