By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Acting Attorney General Sally Yates wasn’t going to be around very long at the Justice Department considering she was a holdover from the Obama administration. Nonetheless, she should be commended for standing up to President Donald Trump, who implemented an executive order that was poorly thought out and executed. Hopefully she…
President Donald Trump, the former TV reality star, has never said “You’re fired” like this.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended President Trump’s decision to fire Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, saying she serves at the pleasure of the executive branch.
President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday after she refused to defend his executive order on immigration.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates took a bold stand Monday in refusing to defend the indefensible executive order to ban refugees and travelers from a selective group of Muslim-majority nations.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Anger over President Obama’s executive actions on immigration wasn’t enough to prevent the Senate confirmation of a new deputy attorney general on Wednesday. Sally Yates, known for cracking down on crime in Georgia, was confirmed to the No. 2 position in the Justice Department with by a 84-12 vote in the…
There’s no way getting around the fact that the selection of a U.S. Attorney remains highly politicized. It seems there must be a way to minimize that. Unfortunately, no one has found one — or seems to want to find one. Rep. John Lewis/ gov photo By EVAN PEREZ and DOUGLAS A. BLACKMON The Wall…
