Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, issued a statement late Monday night saying the Yates firing “underscores how important it is to have an Attorney General who will stand up to the White House when they are violating the law. Many people have doubts about whether (attorney general nominee) Jeff Sessions can be that person, and the full Senate and the American people should at the very least know exactly how independent he plans to be before voting on him.
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she ordered Justice Dept. lawyers to stop defending Mr. Trump’s executive order banning new arrivals to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Reporters and news photographers were not invited to witness the swearing-in ceremony.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, issued a statement late Monday night saying the Yates firing “underscores how important it is to have an Attorney General who will stand up to the White House when they are violating the law. Many people have doubts about whether (attorney general nominee) Jeff Sessions can be that person, and the full Senate and the American people should at the very least know exactly how independent he plans to be before voting on him.
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she ordered Justice Dept. lawyers to stop defending Mr. Trump’s executive order banning new arrivals to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Reporters and news photographers were not invited to witness the swearing-in ceremony.