Way to blow the surprise party right there.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) went on Twitter Friday afternoon to congratulate Loretta Lynch, the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, on her expected nomination by President Obama to be attorney general.
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