{"id":289772,"date":"2017-01-31T06:19:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T06:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289772"},"modified":"2017-01-31T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T06:19:34","slug":"trump-sacks-defiant-acting-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/trump-sacks-defiant-acting-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sacks defiant acting attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban.<\/p>\n
Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order.<\/p>\n
Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaced her as acting attorney general.<\/p>\n
He has directed the department to enforce Mr Trump’s order.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the White House said Ms Yates had “betrayed” the department.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump’s order temporarily banned nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, and sparked street protests in the US and abroad.<\/p>\n
In a letter, Ms Yates had said she was “not convinced” that the president’s order was lawful.<\/p>\n
“As long as I am the acting attorney general, the department of justice will not present arguments in defence of the Executive Order,” she said.<\/p>\n