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Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Trump’s Travel Ban
Wall Street Jounal ^ | 1/30/2017 | Delvin Barrett

Posted on 01/30/2017 4:18:50 PM PST by scooby321

The acting attorney general on Monday ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending immigration from seven majority Muslim countries—a remarkable move that will likely lead to a showdown between the incoming Republican White House and the holdover appointee from the Obama administration.

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KEYWORDS: bhodoj; first100days; gtfo; trump; trump45; yourefired
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The decision by Sally Yates, who became the acting head of the Justice Department when her boss, Loretta Lynch, stepped down as attorney general this month, is likely to provoke an intense albeit short-lived confrontation with the Trump administration.
1 posted on 01/30/2017 4:18:50 PM PST by scooby321
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Sally’s about to hear: YOU’RE FIRED!!!


2 posted on 01/30/2017 4:20:09 PM PST by MeganC (Thank you, President Trump!)
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To: scooby321

Get rid of her.


3 posted on 01/30/2017 4:20:47 PM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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Get rid of her.


4 posted on 01/30/2017 4:20:50 PM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: scooby321

Send her on a Fact Finding trip to Northern Iraq


5 posted on 01/30/2017 4:21:22 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: scooby321

Term man nated.


6 posted on 01/30/2017 4:21:44 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: scooby321

Ed Rollins just said she needs to be fired.


7 posted on 01/30/2017 4:22:17 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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McConnell has to quit dragging his feet.
We NEED Jeff Sessions in that seat NOW.


8 posted on 01/30/2017 4:22:33 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Like Ed Rollins just said...

Sally Yates should be fired two minutes ago.


9 posted on 01/30/2017 4:22:54 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Sally, you are either with us or against us..

Just go, you traitor..


10 posted on 01/30/2017 4:23:37 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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This is why McConnell has dragged his feet on Sessions


11 posted on 01/30/2017 4:23:55 PM PST by montag813
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Sally , please check your email


12 posted on 01/30/2017 4:24:19 PM PST by butlerweave
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UNBELIEVEABLE!

of course, she will be fired before I can finish this little post

GO TRUMP! DRAIN THE F****ING SWAMP!

TO HELL WITH ALL OF THESE SEDITIOUS BASTURDS!


13 posted on 01/30/2017 4:24:31 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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WTF?!

She needs to be impeached, then disbarred for life.

ITS KNOWN AND TESTED LAW - Or has she forgotten that the Obama Administration constantly battled and won that the federal government (and hence the President of the US) had total authority over immigration law and sought to flood our land with illegals and immigrants.

Her order is TREASON.


14 posted on 01/30/2017 4:24:42 PM PST by Skywise
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What if nobody at the DOJ listened to Sally, defied her, and went to court to defend it anyway?


15 posted on 01/30/2017 4:24:43 PM PST by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: MeganC

DITTO!


16 posted on 01/30/2017 4:25:36 PM PST by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: butlerweave

I don’t thing Firing is Good ENough,


Or inventory the pencils in Foggy Bottom. She wants to get fired so the Dims have another act of outrage theater.


17 posted on 01/30/2017 4:25:56 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Beave Meister
The debate on Sessions is tomorrow
18 posted on 01/30/2017 4:26:31 PM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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Why is she still around?


19 posted on 01/30/2017 4:26:53 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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Feinstein was able to delay a committee vote on Sessions>

Feinstein delays Sessions vote

20 posted on 01/30/2017 4:27:20 PM PST by Will88
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