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KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:24 PM Jan 2017

Trump fires acting Attorney General Sally Yates

Source: CBS News

WASHINGTON -- President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she ordered Justice Dept. lawyers to stop defending President Trump’s executive order banning new arrivals to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.

“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,” the White House said in a statement on Monday night. “This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.”

The White House said President Trump “relieved Ms. Yates of her duties” and named Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as Acting Attorney General. The White House said he would serve “until Senator Jeff Sessions is finally confirmed by the Senate, where he is being wrongly held up by Democrat senators for strictly political reasons.”

“I am honored to serve President Trump in this role until Senator Sessions is confirmed,” Boente said in the statement. “I will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected.”

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-acting-attorney-general-sally-yates/

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Trump fires acting Attorney General Sally Yates (Original Post) KewlKat Jan 2017 OP
But...aren't they supposed to have a new AG janx Jan 2017 #1
They appointed another acting AG: Dana Boente emulatorloo Jan 2017 #2
That was quick. n/t janx Jan 2017 #3
Who's also an Obama appointee. Drunken Irishman Jan 2017 #4
Yep! emulatorloo Jan 2017 #5
Rats! I was hoping he would appoint someone really incompetent RainCaster Jan 2017 #26
Who didn't also resign customerserviceguy Jan 2017 #42
But Boente was not in line for the step up dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #27
well that says alot........ KewlKat Jan 2017 #29
I jsut found out why... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #36
thanks for that information! KewlKat Jan 2017 #41
From Wikipedia Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #7
Monday Night Massacre Ccarmona Jan 2017 #6
My original source was Maddow. as soon as I get an AP or reuters, I'll update the OP. KewlKat Jan 2017 #8
Yeah, he just did. AngryAmish Jan 2017 #9
Answered in post on home page just above. Yes she was. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #10
so do you think that this will add more protesters to the crowds? KewlKat Jan 2017 #11
JUST IN: White House appoints Dana Boente as acting attorney general, says Sally Yates "has betrayed KewlKat Jan 2017 #12
So any bets who wrote this? A bit Conish....but Banhim probably helped. KewlKat Jan 2017 #15
Petty. Infantile. Evil. What a nasty bunch of BS from Twitler uppityperson Jan 2017 #23
"BETRAYED"??? spiderpig Jan 2017 #39
WT is a RW Rag TomCADem Jan 2017 #13
Changed the source KewlKat Jan 2017 #14
I was going to go toe to toe with Yates laserhaas Jan 2017 #16
Who will you dance with now? KewlKat Jan 2017 #18
Where is Sally Yates eligible to run for Congress? raging moderate Jan 2017 #17
I don't know. Maybe if we google we could find out. Will there be vacancies in her district? KewlKat Jan 2017 #19
K&R for wtf uppityperson Jan 2017 #20
Someone should remind Boente that this isnt a law its an executive order and Trump is not a King. nt cstanleytech Jan 2017 #21
good point. KewlKat Jan 2017 #22
They serve at the will of the President dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #34
Does anyone think this will have an impact on Sessions confirmation hearing tomorrow? KewlKat Jan 2017 #24
No idea, he will either be confirmed or he wont but frankly Trump should have nominated cstanleytech Jan 2017 #28
Here's to hoping she runs for Congress in 2018 (n/t) Kennah Jan 2017 #25
Shades of the Saturday Night Massacre during Watergate.... steve2470 Jan 2017 #30
I've just seen this term tonight on DU but didn't know what it meant. KewlKat Jan 2017 #31
my pleasure :) I lived through it! at age 15 nt steve2470 Jan 2017 #32
Me too, but I was a coupla years older (smiles) spiderpig Jan 2017 #40
Pelosi Statement on the Firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates KewlKat Jan 2017 #33
Shades of Richard Nixon OKIsItJustMe Jan 2017 #35
Puts Nixon to Shame. Nixon Did Not Fire Archibald Cox... TomCADem Jan 2017 #37
no surprise here beachbum bob Jan 2017 #38

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
42. Who didn't also resign
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:24 PM
Jan 2017

Or issue the same defiance.

A lot of people remember the Saturday Night Massacre for Archibald Cox, but Elliot Richardson and William Ruckelshaus were involved in that Cox-sacking. Both Richardson and Ruckelshaus wanted to protest the firing, and they resigned their offices over it. A certain Robert Bork was more than willing to abide by the termination of Cox.

Trump and his henchmen were looking for someone to make an example of from day one, I didn't think they'd get one in the first ten days of the administration. We'll see if anybody else steps forward to put their job, or even their career on the line.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
27. But Boente was not in line for the step up
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:56 PM
Jan 2017
It is important to note that Boente was not the next in line for Attorney succession, which would have been Zach Fardon of Northern Illinois, indicating that Trump called around until he found one who was willing to violate their oaths and carry out his orders.
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/01/31/tyrant-trump-fires-attorney-general-not-going-along-muslim-ban/

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
36. I jsut found out why...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:32 AM
Jan 2017
The attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia said in a joint statement they would work together to fight to ensure the federal government respected the Constitution.

The officials that signed the statement represent California, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Virginia, Vermont, Oregon, Connecticut, New Mexico, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Illinois and the District of Columbia.

"Religious liberty has been, and always will be, a bedrock principle of our country and no president can change that truth," the attorneys general said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-attorneygenerals-idUSKBN15D0XZ

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
7. From Wikipedia
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:35 PM
Jan 2017
Acting United States Attorney General Sally Yates

In January 2017, according to a Justice Department spokesman, Yates accepted a request from the incoming administration to serve as Acting Attorney General, beginning on January 20, 2017, and until the successor for Attorney General Loretta Lynch can be confirmed by the United States Senate.[7] On January 30, President Donald Trump was critical of Democratic members of the Senate, saying they were delaying his cabinet nominees.[8]

On January 30, 2017, Yates ordered the Justice Department not to defend Trump's Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States", saying "At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities [of the Department of Justice], nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful".[9][10]. A few hours later, she was relieved of her duties by Trump and replaced by Dana J. Boente.[11]

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
11. so do you think that this will add more protesters to the crowds?
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:49 PM
Jan 2017

I can imagine the orange Con's face was beet red after she said she would support his EO....so was this the Con's idea or banhim's?

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
12. JUST IN: White House appoints Dana Boente as acting attorney general, says Sally Yates "has betrayed
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:54 PM
Jan 2017

the Department of Justice"

Statement from Boente

:large

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
34. They serve at the will of the President
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:21 AM
Jan 2017

and traditionally every US attorney is replaced by the incoming President at some rate of speed.

Presidents can hire and fire and transfer US Attorneys.

Most of them have managed to do it with some veneer of politeness and adult behavior, but Trump remains true to his petty and crass ways.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
24. Does anyone think this will have an impact on Sessions confirmation hearing tomorrow?
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:31 PM
Jan 2017

will the dems be outraged but the Con's relieving Yates? or will they give him a pass?

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
28. No idea, he will either be confirmed or he wont but frankly Trump should have nominated
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:57 PM
Jan 2017

someone that doesnt come across as a bigoted asshat but then again there are few Republicans who probably would fit that bill which is probably why he didnt nominate one.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
40. Me too, but I was a coupla years older (smiles)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 08:06 AM
Jan 2017

First thing that popped into my head when the news splash hit...Archibald Cox Redux.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
33. Pelosi Statement on the Firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:17 AM
Jan 2017

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after it was announced that Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired by President Trump:

“Tonight, the Acting Attorney General was fired for upholding the Constitution of the United States. What the Trump Administration calls betrayal is an American with the courage to say that the law and the Constitution come first.

“President Trump’s executive order violates the Constitution, dishonors our values, and weakens the security of the United States. National security experts are warning that the President’s ban will make it harder, not easier to defeat terror.

“Earlier tonight, House Republicans blocked Democrats’ emergency bill to rescind this dangerous and unconstitutional executive order. Now, President Trump has fired the Acting Attorney General to get the answer he wants. Republicans will have to decide whether they will be complicit in the President’s reckless, wrathful and unconstitutional agenda.”

http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/13017-2/

TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
37. Puts Nixon to Shame. Nixon Did Not Fire Archibald Cox...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:33 AM
Jan 2017

...until after several years of being President.

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