Hours after the acting Attorney General said she directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, Sally Yates was fired.
“The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States,” according to a statement from the White House.
In a memo Monday, Yates, an Obama appointee who is serving until Trump attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions is confirmed, said she was not convinced that Trump’s order is lawful, or that its defense is consistent with the department’s obligation to “always seek justice and stand for what is right.”
Yates has been replaced by Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
(AP)
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Wow!! Awesome. Great job king Donald!
DONALD IS KING!! Good job mr president!
Finally all obama appointees are crazy like him and should be fired
This is to protect the USA, finally!
Thank you, MR PRESIDENT!
What Chutspah by Yates . What was she thinking ?
Great move. Can Trump now go ahead and fire the evil corrupt judge, Linda Reade???
But we’re is Jeff sessions?
Why can’t trump have his cabinet confirmed?
She wants to run for office one day, that’s all.
Drain the swamp and get rid of the alligators!
“Serving at the pleasure of the President of the United States.”
Drain the swamp! One at a time, if necessary.
KING TRUMP way to go!
Smart move!!
President Trump lies and incites true discord. Only Hashem knows why he is President. We can hope, pray, and try to get President Trump to think before he speaks and acts.
It seems that Trump deliberately left off countries where he has business interests.
The list does not include Muslim-majority countries where the Trump Organization does business, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. In financial disclosure forms during the presidential campaign, he listed two companies with dealings in Egypt and eight with business in Saudi Arabia. And in the UAE, the Trump Organization is partnering with a local billionaire to develop two golf courses in Dubai.
AWESOME!
Trump is a genius at creating enemies. There are no “alternative facts” to explain away this self evident truth. So, instead of protecting his country and people he is endangering them!
Hope he dosent turn out to be a dictator. Historically, they’ve never been safe.
This is the best thing in Sally’s life. Nobody ever heard of her before , she now has her 15 minutes of fame, an instant VIP , and off she trots to speaking circuits, TV shows, and a book can’t be far behind.
Seedys- trump left off most Arab and Muslim countries. He only specified the ones with active Isis and where there’s no normal government to have info to vet.
#15 the executive order doesnt mention which countries all it says is people from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12), which list those 6 countries which were picked by the Obamanation