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Trump fires acting AG after Justice Department staff told not to defend refugee order
Fox News.com ^
| January 30, 2017
Posted on 01/30/2017 6:46:27 PM PST by Kaslin
President Donald Trump relieved acting Attorney General Sally Yates of her duties Monday night after she directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend Trump's controversial executive refugee and immigration ban.
Yates, a holdover from the Obama Administration, was replaced as acting attorney general by Dana Boente, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Yates had "betrayed the Justice Department" by refusing to enforce Trump's order, which temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: actingag; ag; attorneygeneral; boente; cultureofcorruption; dag; democratscandals; draintheswamp; fired; first100days; obama; obamaag; obamunism; presidenttrump; ragsdale; sallyyates; shadowgovernment; trump45; trumpdoj; yates; yourefired
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To: WENDLE
Lots more winning on the way! Much yet to be done.
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posted on
01/30/2017 7:34:49 PM PST
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: vicdoc
shocked I think the word you are looking for is gratified.
To: RummyChick
"He has just fired someone else. Ragsdale.."
Who's "Ragsdale"?
Please amplify.
Leni
103
posted on
01/30/2017 7:38:12 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
To: IncPen
Let’s investigate which democrats encouraged her to defy the law.
104
posted on
01/30/2017 7:38:28 PM PST
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: MinuteGal
To: ConservativeMind
Kristinn Taylor Retweeted BNO News 21m21 minutes ago
Statement from DHS Secretary John Kelly gives no reason for Trump's dismissal of Acting ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale
Thomas D. Homan has been appointed to take over as Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
BREAKING: President Trump dismisses Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Daniel Ragsdale
106
posted on
01/30/2017 7:40:03 PM PST
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: Kaslin
betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.
Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration.
It is time to get serious about protecting our country.
Calling for tougher vetting for individuals travelling from seven dangerous places is not extreme. It is reasonable and necessary to protect our country.
Tonight, President Trump relieved Ms. Yates of her duties and subsequently named Dana Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as Acting Attorney General 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. I will defend and enforce the laws of our country to ensure that our people and our nation are protected," said Dana Boente, Acting Attorney General.
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posted on
01/30/2017 7:43:15 PM PST
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: Parmy
I am still going strong for the Donald, as well as is my wife.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I would hope that the vast majority of the supporters of President Trump are now more solidly behind him than ever before, given that he has already made good on a number of his important campaign promises. The more vigorously he is attacked by the Marxist anti-Americans of the left, the more resolute we should be in his defense. This is not a silly political game we’re engaged in with our internal enemies, it’s a war for the preservation of our country.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3d8VClW8AIdihj.jpg)
LMAO
Even CNN's leftist fellow-travelers are laughing at this hyperbole.
109
posted on
01/30/2017 7:47:23 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Kaslin
The administrations are filled with terror sympathizing Obama spies
110
posted on
01/30/2017 7:48:37 PM PST
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: Kaslin
I’m surprised to hear that any holdovers from the 0burka administration were not summarily purged the day after the inauguration.
To: mrsmith
Even CNN’s leftist fellow-travelers are laughing at this hyperbole.
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All these Marxist anti-Americans have an expression on their ugly mugs that literally shouts out what they’re all about.
To: Lil Flower
Where the hell is McConnell?
113
posted on
01/30/2017 7:52:50 PM PST
by
Conserv
To: mrsmith
MONDAY NIGHT MASSACRE?
*****************I*********************
Nah ... MONDAY NIGHT FLUSHING!
114
posted on
01/30/2017 7:55:37 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
To: Terry Mross
It would darn sure become less expensive! for us!
115
posted on
01/30/2017 7:58:42 PM PST
by
luvie
(There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.-DJT)
To: Kaslin
116
posted on
01/30/2017 8:00:14 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Conserv
Where the hell is McConnell? Doncha know? The Hallmark Channel was running a Perry Mason marathon this weekend!
-PJ
117
posted on
01/30/2017 8:00:50 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Kaslin; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; nopardons; Liz; onyx; M Kehoe; NIKK; NautiNurse; ...
Acting AG Sally Yates could have tendered her resignation today to the President on her "moral" grounds, but she didn't. Why not?
Because by deliberately provoking getting fired she's attracting all kinds of acclaim, sympathy, admiration and publicity from across the fruited plain. She's made herself into a high-minded patriot, a hero...and an icon of the left, all in one swell foop.
To what purpose?
To remain on the Swamp payroll with all its benefits and perks, look for her to run for public office, probably for a U. S. senatorial seat in the 2018 election when 33 of the 100 senatorial spots will be open. She will have a good base to start in with thanks to her calculated move today.
If she had merely resigned, she would have been a 30-day wonder in the news before crash-landing into the ash heap of history.
Leni
118
posted on
01/30/2017 8:01:01 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
To: fortes fortuna juvat
"its a war for the preservation of our country."
So true.
119
posted on
01/30/2017 8:01:35 PM PST
by
Parmy
(II don't know how to past the images.)
To: MinuteGal
Agree.
Posted similar, earlier.
Sally’s a hack, she can’t turn back...to morality, that is.
120
posted on
01/30/2017 8:02:50 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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