Thread: Trump fires acting AG after she declines to defend travel ban

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said.

"(Yates) has betrayed the Department of Justice," the White House statement said.

Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, the White House said, and was sworn in at 9 p.m. ET, per an administration official.

Trump didn't call Yates to dismiss her, she was informed by hand-delivered letter, according to a different administration official.

The dramatic move came soon after CNN reported Yates told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees.

The move set up a clash between the White House and Yates, who was appointed by President Barack Obama and was set to serve until Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump's nominee for attorney general, is confirmed.

"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts," she said in a letter. "In addition, I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution's solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right."

Trump's executive order, signed Friday, bars citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for the next 90 days, suspends the admission of all refugees for 120 days and indefinitely suspends the Syrian refugee program. Yates' decision came amid a flood of protests against the executive order nationwide and after four federal judges ruled against Trump's order, staying its impact on people who were detained at US airports over the weekend.

Trump tweeted his response shortly after the news broke, saying Democrats have stymied Sessions' confirmation, enabling Yates.

"The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G.," he said...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politi...ice/index.html

Good

Can he sack all the lefties

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

Good

Can he sack all the lefties

Yep!

Originally Posted by krystian

Yep!

Obama is getting vocal and up to mischief.........can Trump send him permanently to Yemen

Wow! I just saw this on Drudge Report. I'm
Lovin all the drama lol

Originally Posted by Cardinal TT

Obama is getting vocal and up to mischief.........can Trump send him permanently to Yemen

Obama is getting vocal? What do you mean? He's not in office anymore. I've not heard anything

Originally Posted by Pentecali

Obama is getting vocal? What do you mean? He's not in office anymore. I've not heard anything

To clarify...not Obama personally but his spokesman said something on his behalf



https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-def...175549939.html

After a weekend of chaos at airports, mass protests and diplomatic outcries, criticism of Trump's proposal even came from Barack Obama, who broke his silence for the first time since leaving office.

"President Obama is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country," Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis said.

Has anyone ever been fired before? Don't they usually "step down." I was trying to find an example.

Originally Posted by Susan

Has anyone ever been fired before? Don't they usually "step down." I was trying to find an example.

I suppose he did not want to give her any more room to do harm in that process...she had already instructed lawyers to NOT do their job if it entailed revealing the legality of his action...VERY harmful as it essentially did what the Obama administration had done for years. Instruct officials to NOT do their job...

Originally Posted by Susan

Has anyone ever been fired before? Don't they usually "step down." I was trying to find an example.

Well she was still there until her replacement was confirmed. But this 'defiance' came up so he fired her.