Loretta Lynch says election cycle interfering with criminal justice reform

By Kelly Cohen

Published September 13, 2016 2:56pm ET

Loretta Lynch says election cycle interfering with criminal justice reform — "Are you saying that D.C.'s a political town? And that the timing might be impacted by that?" Lynch said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday said the 2016 election cycle is one of the reasons criminal justice reform has stalled in Congress.

When asked at the Washington Post’s Criminal Justice Summit in Washington, D.C., if there is hope for bipartisan criminal justice reform following positive strides made by Congress in the spring, Lynch cited the political nature of the nation’s capital as a reason for the lack of progress.