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Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 10:46 pm
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-...ws_central
Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban.
Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president's executive order.
In a statement, the White House said Ms Yates had "betrayed" the department
Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaces her as acting attorney genera l.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 10:55 pm
One by one, voices of reason are being removed.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 10:57 pm
She's a race traitor, I mean cmon guys, what else do you do with people like that?
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 11:10 pm
She was essentially refusing to do her job, so it makes sense she was fired. But I respect her for standing up to the administration like that.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 11:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2017 at 11:22 pm by Aroura.)
Really, is he just going to govern by silencing his critics?
And still his supporters cannot see the problem....sigh.
(January 30, 2017 at 11:10 pm)Aegon Wrote: She was essentially refusing to do her job, so it makes sense she was fired. But I respect her for standing up to the administration like that.
She questioned it's legality, which is her job. At least imho.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 11:31 pm
Did the door hit her in the behind on the way out? Good riddance. At this rate I could end up with a gravy government job.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 11:50 pm
I'm not going to hold my breath, but it would be beautiful if Lindsey Graham could get one of the following to join him in a no vote for Jeff Sessions AG committee vote tomorrow. Although not as strong as the joint statement put out by Graham and McCain, the following committee members have openly criticized the executive order: Jeff Flake, Ben Sasse, Orrin Hatch, and Mike Lee.
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 30, 2017 at 11:55 pm
(January 30, 2017 at 11:20 pm)Aroura Wrote: Really, is he just going to govern by silencing his critics?
And still his supporters cannot see the problem....sigh.
(January 30, 2017 at 11:10 pm)Aegon Wrote: She was essentially refusing to do her job, so it makes sense she was fired. But I respect her for standing up to the administration like that.
She questioned it's legality, which is her job. At least imho.
She refused to defend the government in all the suits against the POTUS. Is it not the AG's/Justice Department's job to defend the federal government in these lawsuits? (Genuine question)
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 31, 2017 at 12:01 am
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2017 at 12:04 am by Amarok.)
(January 30, 2017 at 11:31 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Did the door hit her in the behind on the way out? Good riddance. At this rate I could end up with a gravy government job.
Yes how dare that heretic question the one true god
No trump already gave the door to Putin along with America and his anal virginity
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RE: Trump sacks acting AG
January 31, 2017 at 12:26 am
Well that sounds familiar ...
He also fired the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and has replaced him with someone new.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...ead-report
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