Marijuana, polygamy, torture: Lynch confirmation hearing (so far)

Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch was quizzed by Republicans on immigration, marijuana and even polygamy on Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York, is President Barack Obama's pick to succeed Eric Holder at the helm of the Justice Department -- and in a post that has increasingly become fraught with political controversies.

Just weeks after taking majority control of the Senate, Republicans praised Lynch's qualifications b