Loretta Lynch: First African American Woman Attorney General
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Loretta Lynch is sworn in during her confi rmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee
It was barely dawn when the dozen or so men barged into the quiet hotel lobby Dressed in jeans sweatshirts and sneakers they looked very much out of place at the Baur au Lac one of the fanciest hotels in the world Located in Zurich Switzerland this 170-year old luxury property overlooks the Alps and beautiful Lake Zurich Suites here can cost as much as 4,000 a night Rather than jeans and sneakers most guests wore dressy expensive clothing What were these men doing here Carrying green folders with lists of names they approached the startled desk clerks and showed their badges They were police officers here to arrest some of the richest and most powerful people in sports vice presidents and other high-ranking officials in FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association The organization governs soccer tournaments around the world The officials were in town for committee meetings Once the officers got the room numbers they needed they fanned out through the hotel They found the suspects 7
