The White House in a statement said Sally Yates has "betrayed" the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce the executive order and has named Dana Boente, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as acting attorney general. Boente has said he will agree to enforce the order.
   
 
News Alert Mon., Jan. 30, 2017 9:30 p.m.
 
 
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president’s restrictions on immigration
The White House in a statement said Sally Yates has "betrayed" the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce the executive order and has named Dana Boente, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as acting attorney general. Boente has said he will agree to enforce the order.
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