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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:28 PM Jan 2017

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMES DANA BOENTE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL [View all]

Source: KGO-TV

President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a Democratic appointee, after she refused to defend in court his controversial refugee and immigration ban.

The extraordinary public clash over Trump's most consequential policy decision to date laid bare the discord and dissent surrounding the executive order, which temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.

Read more: http://abc7news.com/news/president-donald-trump-names-dana-boente-as-acting-attorney-general/1728760/

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMES DANA BOENTE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL [View all] brooklynite Jan 2017 OP

spicer's twitting said "relieved" but the Con must state she was "fired" KewlKat Jan 2017 #1

and the Democrats wouldn't fire Comey for his interference in the election. still_one Jan 2017 #2

dear claire mccaskill et al - better to go down swinging than appeasing msongs Jan 2017 #3

This is some Nixonesque shit. LS_Editor Jan 2017 #4

I was thinking the same thing alfredo Jan 2017 #8

I remember a bumper sticker... dchill Jan 2017 #11

And another from that time: Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #13

Acting ICE sec got fired too. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #12

I was looking at this Boente's career ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #5

Background... brooklynite Jan 2017 #6

A day hasn't gone by when I'm not ashamed of my WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2017 #7

Our New Justice Department WVGal1963 Jan 2017 #9

He may have to scrape the barrel so deep, we'll end up with Pam Bondi. tenorly Jan 2017 #10

She actually already turned him down for some damn position. geomon666 Jan 2017 #14

Wow, Trump Had His Archibald Cox Moment Within 2 Weeks of Taking Office. TomCADem Jan 2017 #15

And it also took Donald J. Putinfluffer only 8 days to climb above 50% disapproval 47of74 Jan 2017 #16

Here's what Boente should do: Liberty Belle Jan 2017 #17

That would be unethical. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #18