On an extraordinary night of political drama Monday, the President dismissed acting attorney general Sally Yates by
letter after she instructed the Justice Department not to defend
Trump's immigration order, which bans travelers from seven
Muslim-majority nations and temporarily halts refugee arrivals.
Yates
was a remnant of the Obama administration, only in office until the
Senate confirms Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general. But her
dismissal reflected the sudden political forces unleashed in Washington
in the early days of the Trump administration as the President seeks to
impose his authority on the federal government and shows little patience
for those who would block him from implementing core campaign pledges.
The
dramatic move came soon after CNN reported Yates told Justice
Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending Trump's
executive order on immigration and refugees.
"(Yates) has betrayed the Department of Justice," the White House statement said.
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