Jeff Sessions Once Advised Sally Yates To Do The Thing Trump Just Fired Her For
Jeff Sessions Once Advised Sally Yates To Do The Thing Trump Just Fired Her For
By Tasneem Nashrulla
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general pick, once told Yates that she should be able to say no to the president if he asks for something she thinks is “unlawful.”
President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday, hours after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his refugee and travel ban in court.
“At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful,” Yates wrote in a letter to the department’s lawyers.
Hours later, White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that Yates had been dismissed. The White House then announced that Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2015, would serve as acting attorney general.
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By Tasneem Nashrulla
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general pick, once told Yates that she should be able to say no to the president if he asks for something she thinks is “unlawful.”
President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday, hours after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend his refugee and travel ban in court.
“At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful,” Yates wrote in a letter to the department’s lawyers.
Hours later, White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that Yates had been dismissed. The White House then announced that Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2015, would serve as acting attorney general.
READ MORE: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/...
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