Sally Yates At DNC: Trump Has Trampled The Rule Of Law And Weaponized The DOJ To Attack His Enemies

Yahoo News reports:



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. “From the moment President Trump took office, he’s used his position to benefit himself rather than our country,” she said during her speech from Atlanta on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

“He’s trampled the rule of law, tried to weaponize the Justice Department to attack his enemies and protect his friends.” 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.