Dana Boente

Jeff Sessions Forced to Recuse from Russia Investigation After Perjury About Kislyak Meetings Revealed

2017-03-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on March 2, 2017, that he would recuse himself from any investigations related to the 2016 presidential campaign, including Russian interference, following The Washington Post’s revelation that Sessions had lied under oath about his contacts with …

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Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusing to Defend Muslim Ban

2017-01-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates within hours of her instructing Justice Department attorneys not to defend Executive Order 13769 (the Muslim ban). Yates had sent a letter to DOJ staff stating she was “not convinced that the defense of the Executive Order is consistent …

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