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President Donald Trump on Monday fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates. Yates was a Democratic appointee; and when Trump signed his Executive Order to ban Muslims from 7 different countries, Sally Yates question the constitutionality of the Order and told Law Enforcement Officials not to honor that ban.
Trump accused her of betrayal and insubordination; when she told Department Attorneys not to defend the executive order, saying that was not convinced ti was lawful or consistent with agency’s obligation “to stand for what is right.”
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Then Trump accused Sally Yates of betraying the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States of America.
A new Acting Attorney General was appointed moments after the firing. He is Dana Boente, Federal Prosecutor for the Easter District of Virginia.
