No, she knew she would be fired. She just wanted to make a political statement to make Trump look bad.
But, President Trump shows strength and his popularity goes higher. Go Trump!!!
She will be beloved in liberal law schools (i.e., almost all law schools) and will get loads of cash thrown at her now. Yates won’t suffer a bit, but at least we are rid of her. I just how this Dana Boente can be relied upon to be professional and do his job.... he is, after all, an Obama/Holder guy. But one hopes the WH had good reason to believe he can be trusted to be professional, unlike Yates.