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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: fireman15
I wish only that he would have used this opportunity to appoint Sheriff Joe Arpaio as temporary AG and Mike Zullo as his 2nd in command. They could have started a justice department investigation using their previous findings about Obama’s past and forged documentation as a foundation. It would have been fun to watch all the liberal heads explode.

Agreed! Still time to appoint Sheriff Joe to a high-profile position.

141 posted on 01/30/2017 9:30:39 PM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: pollywog

AMEN!!


142 posted on 01/30/2017 9:30:51 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: MinuteGal

Leni, it has occurred to me that she’ll join Holder who was hired by the State of Calif to fight Trump’s orders.


143 posted on 01/30/2017 9:39:51 PM PST by The Westerner (The real change must be in the textbooks of our nation!)
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To: SERKIT

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144 posted on 01/30/2017 10:03:28 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: Kaslin

“You’re fired”..........


145 posted on 01/30/2017 10:52:37 PM PST by Spiridon
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To: goldbux

If Sally Yates married Norman Bates, she’d be Sally Yates–Bates in 50 states.


146 posted on 01/30/2017 11:00:10 PM PST by goldbux (When you're odd the odds are with you.)
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To: House Atreides

That’s pretty much how it’s done. Throw-in a security escort to the front door. We should re-name these “The Trump Perp Walk.”


147 posted on 01/31/2017 4:04:20 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Tucker39

I remember that and it showed just how weak bush was and where his heart was not.


148 posted on 01/31/2017 4:45:33 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: The Westerner; flaglady47
"She may join Holder.....

You bring up an interesting point.

Yates is a native Georgian, her roots are there.

She may be receptive to hiring on as second fiddle to Eric Holder and moving to Californicate where she will fade into obscurity (the centers of attention and power being in the NYC/DC Beltway), so I doubt she will make that move.

She's a martyr now...and probably will get many job offers...maybe from the likes of the left-wing ACLU, or as a regular on left-wing cable networks like MSNBC or CNN.

Leni

149 posted on 01/31/2017 6:26:52 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: Kaslin

150 posted on 01/31/2017 7:19:18 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: MinuteGal
***Acting AG Sally Yates could have tendered her resignation***

You have nailed it! If you have principles you resign for stated reasons; if you are a hack you defy authority and ask everyone to praise you.

The media has declared war upon the American people... I pray we prevail.

151 posted on 01/31/2017 7:47:34 AM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Kaslin

152 posted on 01/31/2017 12:03:55 PM PST by Grampa Dave (lesbians, gays, transgenderits, minorities, illegals, muslims, Uber drivers & children hurt by Trump)
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