Sally Yates, ousted from DOJ over ‘Muslim ban,’ says Trump has ‘trampled the rule of law’

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Sally Yates: “From the moment President Trump took office, he’s used his position to benefit himself rather than our country.'

Sally Yates, who served as acting attorney general at the start of the Trump administration, pilloried the president on Tuesday for what she described as his abuse of the executive branch – particularly her former agency, the Department of Justice.

Yates, who served as acting attorney general for just 10 days before Trump fired her for refusing to implement his ban on people traveling from several Muslim-majority countries, was one of the first in a long line of career civil servants Trump has dismissed for opposing his policies. National security officials and lawmakers alike have said Russia is still trying to meddle in the upcoming 2020 elections, sowing chaos and planting distrust in the reliability of the U.S. voting process.

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