New acting AG is Dana Boente. Also an Obama appointee.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Come on, let's keep the relay race alive.

I hope he does the exact same as Yates.

[Cha]

1. So he's next on the list to go

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I hope they all line up to make a stand.

And they all get fired because of their convictions.

[Cha]

4. YES!

[elleng]

3. The Saturday Night Massacre

was the term used by political commentators to refer to U.S. President Richard Nixon's dismissal of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, and as a result the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus on October 20, 1973, during the Watergate scandal.[2][3]

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

[bullwinkle428]

5. Rachel saying he issued a statement essentially identifying himself as a Trump stooge.

[Uponthegears]

6. Did the pustule fire Yates? n/t

[global1]

7. Trump's Tweet....

Paraphrasing here:

The Dems are obstructing my appointments for purely political reasons - now they have an Obama AG.

At least until Sessions is confirmed. The this new guy will probably be sacked as well.

[wishstar]

8. This new guy appears to be a patsy for Twitler, says he will enforce "laws"?

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. Could be a prepared statement written by the administration

We'll see soon.

[wishstar]

11. Yes, I just read it more carefully, says he will withhold "laws", not specifically this EO ban

As you say, We'll see

[Old Terp]

9. As I understand it this guy does not have a job that had prior Senate confirmation

As such, he can't perform some of the functions that Yates could preform. Another example of incompetents.

[Takket]

12. I don't know how this works exactly, but Boente was not next in line for AG

Link to tweet

Did Trump violate the law by bypassing the next in line????????