Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him

THE NEW YORK TIMES: WASHINGTON — President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order that has closed the nation’s borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries.

In an escalating crisis for his 10-day-old administration, the president declared in a statement that Sally Q. Yates, who had served as deputy attorney general under President Barack Obama, had betrayed the Department of Justice by announcing that Justice Department lawyers would not defend Mr. Trump’s order against legal challenges. » | Mark Landler, Michael D. Shear, Matt Apuzzo and Eric Lichtblau | January 30, 2017