Sally Yates Says While Elections Have Consequences, Trump Goes Too Far.

'Sally Q. Yates spent nearly three decades in the Justice Department, rising to become acting attorney general before President Trump fired her last year for refusing to defend his travel ban. In a TimesTalks conversation in Washington on Tuesday with the reporter Matt Apuzzo, Ms. Yates discussed issues ranging from the wiretapping of a Trump campaign adviser to the president’s interference in criminal investigations.

Here are the takeaways.

Trump is breaking democratic norms, she says.

Ms. Yates returned frequently to the difference between public policy and fundamental principles.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/05/us/politics/sally-yates-times-talks.html?