One down but so many more to go. GO President Trump
Jan 30, 2017 22:42:41 #
Jan. 30, 2017, 6:37 p.m.
Trump fires Justice Department's top official after she refuses to defend his refugee ban
David Lauter
Sally Yates. (J. David Ake / Associated Press)
Sally Yates. (J. David Ake / Associated Press)
President Trump fired acting Atty. Gen. Sally Yates on Monday, just hours after she announced that the department would not defend his controversial executive order banning refugees and travelers from certain countries.
Yates has "betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said in a statement. "It is time to get serious about protecting our country."
The move came after Yates sent a letter to Justice Department lawyers saying that she questioned the lawfulness of Trump's executive order.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts," Yates wrote.
"At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful," she wrote. "Consequently, for as long as I am the acting attorney general, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the executive order unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so."
Yates was a holdover from the Obama administration. But because Trump's nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, has not been confirmed and no other senior Justice Department officials have been appointed, firing her was expected to cause significant problems within the department.
Acting Atty. Gen. Dana J. Boente. (Department of Justice)
Acting Atty. Gen. Dana J. Boente. (Department of Justice)
Among other issues, Yates is the only person in the department currently authorized to sign warrants for wiretapping in foreign espionage cases involving the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Trump replaced Yates with Dana J. Boente, a three-decade veteran of the Justice Department who was appointed in 2015 by former President Obama as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia.
Trump fires Justice Department's top official after she refuses to defend his refugee ban
David Lauter
Sally Yates. (J. David Ake / Associated Press)
Sally Yates. (J. David Ake / Associated Press)
President Trump fired acting Atty. Gen. Sally Yates on Monday, just hours after she announced that the department would not defend his controversial executive order banning refugees and travelers from certain countries.
Yates has "betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said in a statement. "It is time to get serious about protecting our country."
The move came after Yates sent a letter to Justice Department lawyers saying that she questioned the lawfulness of Trump's executive order.
"My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts," Yates wrote.
"At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities, nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful," she wrote. "Consequently, for as long as I am the acting attorney general, the Department of Justice will not present arguments in defense of the executive order unless and until I become convinced that it is appropriate to do so."
Yates was a holdover from the Obama administration. But because Trump's nominee for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, has not been confirmed and no other senior Justice Department officials have been appointed, firing her was expected to cause significant problems within the department.
Acting Atty. Gen. Dana J. Boente. (Department of Justice)
Acting Atty. Gen. Dana J. Boente. (Department of Justice)
Among other issues, Yates is the only person in the department currently authorized to sign warrants for wiretapping in foreign espionage cases involving the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Trump replaced Yates with Dana J. Boente, a three-decade veteran of the Justice Department who was appointed in 2015 by former President Obama as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia.
Jan 30, 2017 22:46:39 #
Onelostdog wrote:
Jan. 30, 2017, 6:37 p.m. br Trump fires Justice De... (show quote)
Dang straight, Dog. Where in the heck do these people get off not following the Presidents orders.
Jan 30, 2017 22:50:44 #
They still don't get that there is a new TOP COP in charge. Hope her husband has a good job to keep the mortgage paid.
Jan 30, 2017 23:03:11 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
teabag09 wrote:
They still don't get that there is a new TOP COP in charge. Hope her husband has a good job to keep the mortgage paid.
Need to find a bigger safe space.
Jan 30, 2017 23:19:15 #
kankune wrote:
Dang straight, Dog. Where in the heck do these people get off not following the Presidents orders.
Seems they will be getting off in front of the nearest unemployment office, guess thats better than 20 years in prison where they should be.
Jan 30, 2017 23:21:12 #
teabag09 wrote:
They still don't get that there is a new TOP COP in charge. Hope her husband has a good job to keep the mortgage paid.
Think I would rather see em on the side of the road with tin cans in their hand begging for handouts from We the People this time.
Jan 31, 2017 06:48:49 #
Looking into her background in education, she and many others in higher offices have, since 1979 have been educated with petroleum dollars.
Oil money has been funding colleges form the Ivy League right down to community colleges.
This started with funding from muslim organizations to change thought processes in education, in order to break down our Government from within.
We will be closely doing background studies to sort out the roots of the progressive movements to change our culture.
We have alot of work to do, to straighten out these ideologies that are pulling down our Political structure.
Watch the organization of Boy Scouts next.
Oil money has been funding colleges form the Ivy League right down to community colleges.
This started with funding from muslim organizations to change thought processes in education, in order to break down our Government from within.
We will be closely doing background studies to sort out the roots of the progressive movements to change our culture.
We have alot of work to do, to straighten out these ideologies that are pulling down our Political structure.
Watch the organization of Boy Scouts next.
Jan 31, 2017 08:32:21 #
Onelostdog wrote:
Jan. 30, 2017, 6:37 p.m. br Trump fires Justice De... (show quote)
There is something else I noticed Trump is doing to uncover those who would act against his administration. He is not advising all departments of his decisions, but taking notice as to how they respond. Interesting technique on identifying adversity in the ranks.
SEMPER FI
Jan 31, 2017 08:35:16 #
Jan 31, 2017 10:26:31 #
Onelostdog wrote:
Jan. 30, 2017, 6:37 p.m. br Trump fires Justice De... (show quote)
Consequently, she wasn't acting attorney general for long. LOL. Let the swamp draining continue!!
Jan 31, 2017 11:22:48 #
mongo wrote:
There is something else I noticed Trump is doing to uncover those who would act against his administration. He is not advising all departments of his decisions, but taking notice as to how they respond. Interesting technique on identifying adversity in the ranks.
SEMPER FI
SEMPER FI
And the lib demonrat calls President Trump a phony moron living off his fathers inheritance. Yup that's how he became a multi million air by being dumb, guess these businesses he owns and country's he deals with just feel sorry for his hard life and give him everything out of pity. God demonrats are truly stupid beyond compare. He owns these suedo politicians and they don't know it, yet. He owns the media but they will never understand that fact of life till they get shut down and controlled by others.
Jan 31, 2017 11:29:27 #
JFlorio wrote:
Need to find a bigger safe space.
Not really, draining the swamp takes a little time and I suspect there will be a lot more of them gone..
Safe space will not help soon enough...
She banked on being irreplaceable, as is typical, anyone is expendable and she, a good example to show how quickly too..
Jan 31, 2017 11:30:05 #
Jan 31, 2017 11:31:37 #
Onelostdog wrote:
Jan. 30, 2017, 6:37 p.m. br Trump fires Justice De... (show quote)
Thank You for this dog!! Made my day, you did..
Perfect example for all the others on Criminal hill to see..
Jan 31, 2017 11:34:34 #
mongo wrote:
There is something else I noticed Trump is doing to uncover those who would act against his administration. He is not advising all departments of his decisions, but taking notice as to how they respond. Interesting technique on identifying adversity in the ranks.
SEMPER FI
SEMPER FI
Probably has something to do with owning 256 mega businesses, and evaluating his Senior Management teams...
He didn't build his empire by being stupid, that's for sure...
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