Attorney General Eric Holder and other top public officials were on hand Friday to see the ceremonial investiture of Northern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney Sally Yates.
U.S. Attorney Sally Yates raises her hand to take the oath of office as her husband, Comer, and children, Quill and Kelley, look on. (DOJ)
Holder said Yates, who was officially sworn in March after the Senate confirmed her, “has the opportunity of a lifetime to deliver justice and improve the quality of life” of her district, according to the Associated Press. The Attorney General has now attended nine U.S. Attorney investitures.
Also in attendance were Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) — who initially tried to prevent her nomination, but withdrew his objections after queries from The Wall Street Journal — and her predecessor as U.S. Attorney, David E. Nahmias.
Nahmias, who stepped down last August, said Yates is “the steel magnolia of federal prosecutors,” according to the AP. She has served in the Atlanta-based U.S. Attorney’s office for more than two decades.
Yates told those gathered that she planned to tackle high recidivism rates and combat juvenile crime in Northern Georgia, the news wire said.
