Loyalty-Demands

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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Trump Demands Loyalty from FBI Director Comey at Private White House Dinner

2017-01-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President Trump invited FBI Director James Comey to a one-on-one dinner at the White House on January 27, 2017, where he directly demanded: “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” Comey had expected others to attend but found himself alone with Trump in what he later described as an attempt …

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