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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-Govt Ethics head suggests Trumps Flynn tweet opens door for Mueller to investigate Yates firing
TOM BOGGIONI at Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/ex-government-ethics-head-suggests-trumps-flynn-tweet-opens-door-for-mueller-to-investigate-yates-firing/
"SNIP..........
In a series of tweets late Monday, the former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics made the case that President Donald Trumps controversial tweet about firing former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn may open the door to special counsel Robert Mueller to look into the firing of former acting Attorney General Sally Yates.
When Trump fired Yates at the end of January, the White House explained the dismissal as the result of the fact that she refused to back him and implement his controversial travel ban. Following the firing , Trump reportedly declared that Yates had betrayed his administration.
Addressing Trumps tweet and the revelation that Yates informed the president that she believed Flynn lied two weeks before his firing, Walter Shaub said a new line on f inquiry may have just opened up for Mueller.
He didnt fire Flynn until after the media exposed Yates warning to McGahn. This raises a question about Yates firing. Was she really fired over the discriminatory travel ban? Shaub asked in the midst of a series of tweets outlining the White House firings.
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Ex-Govt Ethics head suggests Trumps Flynn tweet opens door for Mueller to investigate Yates firing (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2017
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marylandblue
(12,344 posts)1. I already assumed he was looking at that months ago.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)2. Maybe try and get the word "firing" in the title line?
I thought that this was a very different OP before I clicked on it.
Shortening Government to Govt. may help.
applegrove
(118,719 posts)3. Good catch. Done.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)4. Thanks! And kicking for exposure.