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brooklynite

(94,602 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:28 PM Jan 2017

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMES DANA BOENTE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL

Source: KGO-TV

President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a Democratic appointee, after she refused to defend in court his controversial refugee and immigration ban.

The extraordinary public clash over Trump's most consequential policy decision to date laid bare the discord and dissent surrounding the executive order, which temporarily halted the entire U.S. refugee program and banned all entries from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days.

Read more: http://abc7news.com/news/president-donald-trump-names-dana-boente-as-acting-attorney-general/1728760/

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMES DANA BOENTE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2017 OP

spicer's twitting said "relieved" but the Con must state she was "fired" KewlKat Jan 2017 #1

and the Democrats wouldn't fire Comey for his interference in the election. still_one Jan 2017 #2

dear claire mccaskill et al - better to go down swinging than appeasing msongs Jan 2017 #3

This is some Nixonesque shit. LS_Editor Jan 2017 #4

I was thinking the same thing alfredo Jan 2017 #8

I remember a bumper sticker... dchill Jan 2017 #11

And another from that time: Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #13

Acting ICE sec got fired too. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #12

I was looking at this Boente's career ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #5

Background... brooklynite Jan 2017 #6

A day hasn't gone by when I'm not ashamed of my WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2017 #7

Our New Justice Department WVGal1963 Jan 2017 #9

He may have to scrape the barrel so deep, we'll end up with Pam Bondi. tenorly Jan 2017 #10

She actually already turned him down for some damn position. geomon666 Jan 2017 #14

Wow, Trump Had His Archibald Cox Moment Within 2 Weeks of Taking Office. TomCADem Jan 2017 #15

And it also took Donald J. Putinfluffer only 8 days to climb above 50% disapproval 47of74 Jan 2017 #16

Here's what Boente should do: Liberty Belle Jan 2017 #17

That would be unethical. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #18

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)

1. spicer's twitting said "relieved" but the Con must state she was "fired"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:29 PM

Jan 2017

I'm proud of her.

still_one

(92,241 posts)

2. and the Democrats wouldn't fire Comey for his interference in the election.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:31 PM

Jan 2017

msongs

(67,420 posts)

3. dear claire mccaskill et al - better to go down swinging than appeasing

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:32 PM

Jan 2017

LS_Editor

(893 posts)

4. This is some Nixonesque shit.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:35 PM

Jan 2017

Especially if the next one gets fired.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

8. I was thinking the same thing

Reply to LS_Editor (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:42 PM

Jan 2017

dchill

(38,505 posts)

11. I remember a bumper sticker...

Reply to LS_Editor (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:54 PM

Jan 2017

"IMPEACH THE COXSACKER!"

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,011 posts)

13. And another from that time:

Reply to dchill (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:09 AM

Jan 2017

"DICK NIXON BEFORE NIXON DICKS YOU"

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,011 posts)

12. Acting ICE sec got fired too. . . nt

Reply to LS_Editor (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:07 AM

Jan 2017

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

5. I was looking at this Boente's career

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:36 PM

Jan 2017

and it doesn't look horrible. I looked at this article from dailykos: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/01/31/1627749/-Who-is-Dana-Boente

Not horrible. Anyone want to provide more info?

brooklynite

(94,602 posts)

6. Background...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:36 PM

Jan 2017

In 1982, he began his career as a law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge J. Waldo Ackerman for the Central District of Illinois. Several years later, in 1984, he joined the Tax Division’s Criminal Section as part of the Attorney General’s Honors Program. Boente became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Fraud Unit of EDVA in 2001.

In December 2012, Boente was appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a position he held until September 2013. He became the Acting U.S. Attorney for EDVA by virtue of the Vacancy Reform Act on September 23, 2013, and served in that position until December 15, 2015. In this role, he was involved in the sentencing of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell. He stated that "No one is above the law... not a high public official, not even the highest public official in (Virginia)."

He was nominated by President Barack Obama on October 8, 2015, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2015, as the 60th U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) and was appointed by President Donald Trump as Acting Attorney General on January 30, 2017, after Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired by Trump earlier that day. -- Wikipedia

WHEN CRABS ROAR

(3,813 posts)

7. A day hasn't gone by when I'm not ashamed of my

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:41 PM

Jan 2017

countries new leaders.

WVGal1963

(145 posts)

9. Our New Justice Department

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:50 PM

Jan 2017

He, too, will take a bold and right stand. Only to be fired. Sigh.....

tenorly

(2,037 posts)

10. He may have to scrape the barrel so deep, we'll end up with Pam Bondi.

Reply to WVGal1963 (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:52 PM

Jan 2017

Frankly, I'm surprised King Con hasn't tapped her already.

geomon666

(7,512 posts)

14. She actually already turned him down for some damn position.

Reply to tenorly (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:26 AM

Jan 2017

I forget which.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)

15. Wow, Trump Had His Archibald Cox Moment Within 2 Weeks of Taking Office.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:32 AM

Jan 2017

It took Nixon a few years.

47of74

(18,470 posts)

16. And it also took Donald J. Putinfluffer only 8 days to climb above 50% disapproval

Reply to TomCADem (Reply #15)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:36 AM

Jan 2017

Even Shrub it took well over 1,000 days.

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)

17. Here's what Boente should do:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:54 AM

Jan 2017

Agree to defend this, and write the biggest horseshit "defense" he can come up with to assure that no court anywhere will uphold Trump's order. Throw in enough legalese so the morons in Trump's inner circle won't know that they've been conned.

That's what a true patriot would do, now that we've seen speaking truth just gets you fired. So pretend to go along, and sabotage from within. So maybe his career will be over, but I'm sure there are many grateful Americans who would see that he's taken care of if he gets this unconstitutional order destroyed.

mobeau69

(11,145 posts)

18. That would be unethical.

Reply to Liberty Belle (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:32 AM

Jan 2017

The right thing to do is resign.

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