*Sally Yates testifying tomorrow @ 10:00 a.m Senate. edited

[elleng]

Judiciary

to testify as part of GOP probe into Russia investigation.

Yates will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Aug. 5, Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said during an interview with Fox News Radio on Monday.

Graham, a close ally of Trump's, is investigating the origins of "Crossfire Hurricane," the name of the FBI's investigation into Russia's election interference and the Trump campaign, and former special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, which followed it.

The investigation includes reviewing the probes of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, former national security advisor Michael Flynn and the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, courts.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/509180-sally-yates-to-testify-as-part-of-gop-probe-into-russia-investigation

[mcar]

1. Do you have more details?

Is this a Senate committee hearing? What is the topic? Are there others testifying?

[elleng]

5. Judiciary,

according to Rachel to try to make Dems look bad. (She mentioned it last 30 seconds of her show; I don't have more info.)

[mcar]

7. OK, thanks

I'll check it out.

[brooklynite]

2. About?

[soothsayer]

10. Topic: An oversight hearing to examine the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

[Jeebo]

3. I want her as attorney general.

In the Biden administration.

I also want Fiona Hill as secretary of state.

-- Ron

[elleng]

6. Ditto, she's my #1 or Attorney General.

[in2herbs]

14. Fiona Hill would be a great SoS. She was very impressive during the impeachment. nt

[soothsayer]

4. Who is Sally Yates?

[elleng]

8. American lawyer. She served as a United States Attorney, later United States Deputy Attorney General

Sally Caroline Yates (née Quillian; born 1960) is an American lawyer. She served as a United States Attorney, later United States Deputy Attorney General, having been appointed to both positions by President Barack Obama, and later as Acting United States Attorney General.

Following the inauguration of Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20, 2017, Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days. She was dismissed for insubordination by President Trump on January 30, after she instructed the Justice Department not to make legal arguments defending Executive Order 13769, which temporarily banned the admission of refugees and barred travel from certain Muslim-majority countries (later to include North Korea) on the grounds that terrorists were using the U.S. refugee resettlement program to enter the country. The ban was politically labeled as a Muslim ban. Rather than defend it, Yates stated the order was neither defensible in court nor consistent with the Constitution.[1][2] Though large portions of the order were initially blocked by federal courts, the Supreme Court ultimately upheld a revised version.[3]

Following her dismissal, Yates returned to private practice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Yates

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Sally Yates was Acting AG before Jeff Sessions was installed.

Who warned Trump about Michael Flynn being compromised by Russia.

[BootinUp]

11. Don't tune in unless you want some truth. Nt

[raging moderate]

12. Yay, Sally Yates!

I have been waiting to hear from this excellent American again! I hope she will have a prominent role in the Biden Administration.

[elleng]

13. YES!