Acting Attorney General has been fired by the President

[PistolBob]

In a stunning turn in a four-day drama that has defined his young presidency, President Trump, at 9:16 p.m. Monday, announced the firing of the acting attorney general who had defied him on his migrant-travel ban, saying she "has betrayed the Department of Justice."

Dana J. Boente, a 31-year Justice Department veteran, and acting AG

 

[Trigger Time]

Lmfao! Go Mr President!

 

[Vigilant]

Don't forget the acting ICE head just got his walking papers as well!

 

[Cameramonkey]

**** off your boss via insubordination, get the boot. FINALLY! .gov starting to at least appear to work like the private sector.

 

[Spear Dane]

She knew what she was doing. She was toast in a few days anyway. Now she goes out a leftie heroine.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I understand that she may have had concerns that it was not legal, but I'd think a deputy AG could determine that fairly quickly. If it was illegal you ask for council with the president and discuss it. If you're told to continue, then you resign IMO.

This was insubordination at its finest.

 

[Expat]

I have only heard 3 or 4 references so far to Watergate and Archibald Cox.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

So much for #notmypresident. LOL.

 

[churchmouse]

To drain the swamp requires loosing a few alligators.

 

[Bradsknives]

To drain the swamp requires loosing a few alligators.

 

[CavMedic]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

 

[JTScribe]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

As an attorney, her behavior was unethical. If she could not perform the requirements of her job she had an obligation to resign, not make a demonstration of what she felt policy should be.

 

[T.Lex]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

I get where you're coming from, but she really didn't.

Her job as an attorney was to represent her client, who is basically the POTUS in this context. If she couldn't do that, she should have the courage of her convictions and quit.

(Already posted this to the Kut Approval Tracking Thread [KATT], but hadn't seen this specific thread at the time.)

 

[Expat]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

Or she is a party apparatchik doing the bidding of the leftist oligarchs...

 

[Hkindiana]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

So, she stood for "the rights of thousands" of non-Americans, by risking MILLIONS of AMERICANS? This is not a permaban, it is simply an effort to MAKE SURE (as much as possible) that people are not admitted to the US that intend to do us harm, and HER JOB was to help enforce this. If her morals prevented her from doing HER JOB, than she should have quit rather than openly defying a lawful order.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Sally Yates was a real American. Plain and simple. She stood up for the rights of thousands. Flame away...

Completely. She wouldn't defend Trump's ill-conceived Muslim ban.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I get where you're coming from, but she really didn't.

Her job as an attorney was to represent her client, who is basically the POTUS in this context. If she couldn't do that, she should have the courage of her convictions and quit.

(Already posted this to the Kut Approval Tracking Thread [KATT], but hadn't seen this specific thread at the time.)

I guess it would depend on what she holds in higher regard, loyalty to her morality, or loyalty to her job description.

 

[indiucky]

So was Obama's ban against Cuban refugees a "Catholic Ban" or a "Cuban" ban?

 

[CavMedic]

Standing up for non-Americans is kinda something we do as Americans. Been happening for a long time now. Zero, 0, none, nada, zilch, Cero, Not-a-one, terrorist attack has happened in America by someone who was here on refugee status. Though I do remember some sort of attack that happened were most of the attackers were Saudi...though they aren't on the travel ban. And the AG is most definitely allowed to give their opinion and advice on laws passed.

 

[T.Lex]

I guess it would depend on what she holds in higher regard, loyalty to her morality, or loyalty to her job description.

If the former, she should have quit. (Probably before the inauguration, since this isn't exactly a surprise.)