US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SACKS MS. SALLY YATES ,US ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTED BY HIS PREDECESSOR OBAMA
President Donald Trump sacked the U.S acting attorney general appointed by his predecessor Barack Obama after she instructed government law officers to not defend his executive order that put restrictions on people from seven Muslim-majority countries traveling into the country.
Sally Yates “has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States,” a White House statement issued on Monday night said. “Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration,” the statement said, capping a day that saw Mr. Obama wading into the controversy, supporting protestors and questioning his successor.
Before leaving office less than a fortnight ago, Mr. Obama had said he would comment on his successor regime only when the country’s “core values may be at stake.” He did so today hours after Mr. Trump justified his sweeping travel ban that triggered global outrage, domestic protest and legal challenge as continuation of Mr. Obama’s policy.
Courtesy: PTI
