Trump Fires Attorney General For Defying Travel Ban Directive

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President Donald Trump has fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates from her position following her stand to oppose the President's ban on Muslim immigrants to the U.S. Yates defied the legal orders meant to protect American citizens, according to White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

The Attorney General serving the office for the past few years considered resigned on Monday when the orders of President arrived. She issued a smarting rebuke of the President and asked government lawyers not to defend the ban in a court where it is contested.

As an Attorney General, she was well aware of her obligations. She found the executive orders lawful and she expressed this clearly in her letter to the Justice Department. Her orders of not defending the presidential order in court were effective for a few hours only when a White House courier arrived at the Justice Department with a handwritten letter about her removal, reports ADN.

Ms. Yates, 56, will always be a hero for the American people and a symbol of standing for right. "She'll call them like she sees them, and she will be fair, and she will be just," said Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia. She will be the sign of a simmering resistance inside the government to Mr. Trump's administration, writes New York Times.

She packed up her office upon receiving the letter of removal and left the department around the midnight but left an unforgettable spot for her in every heart. The ex-Attorney General had a liberal stance on civil right issues, sentencing and criminal justice. "Religious freedom requires that local government decisions impacting the exercise of that freedom be free of discrimination," Ms. Yates said at the time.