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political act, following months of Trump campaign promises, and it immediately provoked lawsuits challenging the order as religious discrimination. Yates, the acting attorney general, refused to defend the legally indefensible and was summarily fired. "The president is attempting to dismantle the rul
a political tool. "Look, every administration makes different decisions about policies. That's EFTA00076062 the consequence of an election," says Emily Pierce, a senior adviser in the Justice Department under Barack Obama. "What's different here is Trump threatening to prosecute political opponents, and n
political act, following months of Trump campaign promises, and it immediately provoked lawsuits challenging the order as religious discrimination. Yates, the acting attorney general, refused to defend the legally indefensible and was summarily fired. "The president is attempting to dismantle the rule
ees the DOJ as a political tool. "Look, every administration makes different decisions about policies. That's the consequence of an election," says Emily Pierce, a senior adviser in the Justice Department under Barack Obama. "What's different here is Trump threatening to prosecute political opponents, and no
political act, following months of Trump campaign promises, and it immediately provoked lawsuits challenging the order as religious discrimination. Yates, the acting attorney general, refused to defend the legally indefensible and was summarily fired. "The president is attempting to dismantle the rule
ees the DOJ as a political tool. "Look, every administration makes different decisions about policies. That's the consequence of an election," says Emily Pierce, a senior adviser in the Justice Department under Barack Obama. "What's different here is Trump threatening to prosecute political opponents, and no
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