May 08, 2017 · On Jan. 8, 2015, Obama nominated Sally Yates as deputy attorney general and she was confirmed to the position on May 13, 2015. Her high-profile firing in January
May 25, 2017 · Yates, who was deputy attorney general when she became acting attorney general in January, said she grappled for several days over whether to resign. Sally Yates addresses Harvard Law School on Class Day 2017. Sally Yates, former deputy attorney general, delivered the keynote address for Harvard Law School’s 2017 Class Day ceremony on May 24.
Aug 19, 2020 · Sally Yates. American lawyer. Barack Obama. 44th president of the United States, from 2009 to 2017. Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was an unusual speaker at Tuesday's Democratic National Convention. Yates, who served as a deputy attorney general under former President Barack Obama, stayed on in the Trump administration to help transition the …
Jan 09, 2018 · I was the acting attorney general, and I needed to do my job. So that’s what I did,” Yates said to the students at Wellesley College this Monday, as reported by The Boston Globe. Sally Yates came to public attention when President Donald Trump suddenly fired her from her post last year because she refused to defend Trump’s travel ban.
Sally Yates | |
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In office January 10, 2015 – January 30, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | James M. Cole |
Succeeded by | Rod Rosenstein |
Jeffrey A. Rosen | |
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Preceded by | William Barr |
Succeeded by | Monty Wilkinson (acting) |
38th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
In office May 22, 2019 – December 23, 2020 |
She went on to get her law degree at the University of Georgia School of Law. Her legal career: Sally Yates passed the State Bar of Georgia in 1986 and went to work for three years at the Atlanta office of King & Spalding, as a commercial litigation associate. She joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta in 1989.
Sally Yates comes from a family of lawyers. Her father, Kelley Quillian, was a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals, and his father and brother were also lawyers. Her grandmother was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, but because of the times, she did not become a lawyer. Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia.
Sally Yates comes from a family of lawyers. Her father, Kelley Quillian, was a judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals, and his father and brother were also lawyers. Her grandmother was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, but because of the times, she did not become a lawyer. Age: 56 (Born Aug. 20, 1960)
Trump drafted in Dana Boente, US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, to replace Yates as acting attorney general. The president’s official appointee, anti-immigration hardliner Senator Jeff Sessions, is yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
Sessions, a longtime Trump ally, has drawn vocal opposition from liberal groups.
Jeff Sessions had been supposed to receive a Senate vote on his attorney general nomination on Tuesday. But Yates’s contradiction of Trump’s order, however short-lived it proved, lent the imprimatur of the justice department against one of the president’s signature initiatives.
President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for “refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States ,” the White House said.
Pence watches David Shulkin, the new secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, speak at his swearing-in ceremony on February 14. Shulkin was confirmed by a unanimous vote in the Senate.
Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was sworn in at 9 p.m. ET, per an administration official. A few hours later, Boente issued a statement rescinding Yates’ order, instructing DOJ lawyers to “defend the lawful orders of our President.”. Trump didn’t call Yates to dismiss her, she was informed by hand-delivered letter, ...
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