Trumps 3 big firings james comey, preet bharara, and sally yates paint a disturbing picture richard nixon also fired the person investigating his presidential campaign view all 152 stories. Attorney general sally yates from testifying before congress. Mar 28, 2017 the trump administration forcefully denied it tried to bar former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying at a house intelligence committee hearing on its russia investigation, after. Sally yates, the former acting attorney general, told the senate about her contacts with the white house on michael flynn, contradicting prior claims from the trump administration. Apr 25, 2017 former acting attorney general sally yates is set to testify may 8 before a senate judiciary investigation into russias interference in last years elections, her second congressional hearing at.
When asked by mcgahn if flynn should be fired, yates answered, that really wasnt our call. She served as a united states attorney and later united states deputy attorney general, having been appointed to both positions by president barack obama following the inauguration of donald trump and the departure of attorney general loretta lynch on january 20, 2017, yates served as acting attorney general for 10 days. Sally yates testimony and the legal fight over the travel. But dont expect huge bombshells whatever is ultimately exposed in the testimony may be somewhat limited. Former acting attorney general sally yates on may 8 testified before senators about her conversations with a white house lawyer that. Former acting attorney general sally yates to testify on warnings. Nevertheless, during an interview with the special counsels office, she expressed concern that fbi agents had shown up at the white house to speak with flynn and had failed to tell him. The senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism is hearing testimony from former acting attorney general sally yates and former director of national intelligence james clapper on russian interference in the 2016 united states election. Did the justice department try to keep sally yates from. Sally yates didnt bring a smoking gun to the latest episode of the longrunning political melodrama entwining the white house and russia. Former acting attorney general sally yates is expected to testify to congress next week that she expressed alarm to the white house about president donald trumps national security advisers. Mar 28, 2017 former acting attorney general yates warned that testimony could be barred. Former acting attorney general sally yates will give her testimony monday about ties between the trump campaign and russia.
May 08, 2017 james clapper, the director of national intelligence under obama, and sally yates, who was deputy attorney general, will testify to the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism, the. The controversy over sally yatess planned testimony before. Sally yates the former acting attorney general told the senate subcommittee investigating russian interference in us elections how she warned the. Sally yates testimony raises more questions about white house counsel don mcgahn he allegedly brushed off a warning that one top white house official had lied to another. He has an extremely difficult client, and it is sometimes hard to know whether the white house screwups that would normally be attributed to the white house counsel should in fact be. Sally yates, the former acting attorney general, was concerned that. Sally yates masterly removes the smug from ted cruzs face. Good morning, chairman grassley, ranking member leahy, and members of the. The obama appointee made her mark, refusing to defend president trumps travel ban and. Sally yates speaks to the times the new york times. May 08, 2017 but dont expect huge bombshells whatever is ultimately exposed in the testimony may be somewhat limited. The session, a probe into russian interference in the 2016 election, featured the muchanticipated testimony of democratic diva sally yates, the former acting attorney general fired for. Attorney general sally yates to testify in front of the senate judiciary committee on russia yates will field questions and speak on the topic of russian. The twoway a senate panel is scheduled to hear testimony from the former acting u.
But refocusing yates s testimony toward a leak investigation rather than russia or flynn would play into a white house. Former acting ag sally yates to testify about michael flynn. Statement for the record sally quillian yates senate. And shes enough of a professional to have made a point of not stepping on that investigation, even though shes already wrongly come out on the wrong end of it. May 08, 2017 former acting attorney general sally yates said monday that she alerted the white house earlier this year that former trump national security adviser michael flynn could be essentially. May 09, 2017 the truth is, what we learned from sally yates testimony yesterday at the senate hearing merely provided the details of what we already knew. May 22, 2017 in sally yates, the president certainly chose the wrong enemy the former acting attorney general, whom donald trump fired out of pique jan.
May 08, 2017 former acting attorney general sally yates and james r. Sally yates just handed democrats new ammo for going after. May 08, 2017 sally yatess senate testimony, in three minutes duration. Sally yates just handed democrats new ammo for going after trump her testimony showed why the michael flynn scandal isnt going away. Sally yates was the real blackmailer new york post. In 2015, thendeputy attorney general sally yates appeared with fbi director james comey. The yates testimony and the white house counsel lawfare. For a synopsis of hearing, check out, 5 things we learned from sally yates s testimony on what the white house knew about michael flynn via the washington post.
Yates, clapper to testify in senate hearing on russian election meddling. The truth is, what we learned from sally yates testimony yesterday at the senate hearing merely provided the details of what we already knew. Sally yates biography facts, childhood, family life. May 08, 2017 yates comments come after providing over 3 hours of testimony before a senate judiciary subcommittee on russian interference in the 2016 election. Former acting attorney general sally yates to testify in. This morning, the washington post reported that the justice department sought to prevent former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying before the house permanent select committee on intelligence hpsci as part of the committees investigation into russian interference in the presidential election. Trump streaming at the same time as former acting attorney general sally yatess testimony before a panel of the senate. Mar 28, 2017 spokesman sean spicer disputes a washington post story that the white house prevented former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying on capitol hill in the russia probe, calling it. Letters suggesting the trump administration tried to discourage former acting u. Sally quillian yates senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism russian interference in the 2016 united states election may 8, 2017 chairman graham, ranking member whitehouse and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i am pleased to appear before you this afternoon on this critically.
In dramatic testimony monday, obama holdover attorney general sally yates testified that she warned the incoming white house its newly installed national security adviser, michael flynn, was. Sally yates warned white house general flynn could be. The twoway a senate panel is scheduled to hear testimony from the former. Former acting attorney general sally yates and former director of national intelligence james clapper testified at a senate subcommittee hearing on. James clapper, sally yates to testify in trumprussia probe. Donald trump, increasingly scared of the russia scandal, did his best last night to downplay the significance of sally yates testimony. Sally yates delivered her opening statement about the concerns she raised regarding one of president donald trumps national security adviser. On charlie rose, a conversation about sally yates s testimony to the senate judiciary committee. The highly anticipated hearing it is yates s first appearance on capitol hill since her firing in january is expected to fill in key details in the chain of events that led to the ouster. Mar 28, 2017 the controversy over sally yatess planned testimony before congress, explained. Sally yates delivered her opening statement about the concerns she raised regarding one of president donald trumps national security adviser michael flynna and his connections with russia the.
May 09, 2017 sally yates just handed democrats new ammo for going after trump her testimony showed why the michael flynn scandal isnt going away. The public hearing at which yates had been set to testify was canceled by chairman devin nunes, who. And while yates testimony on monday is unlikely to live up to the liberal fantasy that has sprouted up. Former deputy attorney general sally yates hid from congress during a november 2017 interview that she first learned about former national security adviser michael flynns calls with a russian ambassador from thenpresident obama, but had confirmed it to special counsel robert muellers team three months earlier, according to recently released transcripts. I want to emphasize up front what i have said in each of my critical posts on mcgahn.
Trump officials tried to stop sally yates from testifying on. Key moments from sally yates flynn testimony politico. May 09, 2017 sally yates, the former acting attorney general, told the senate about her contacts with the white house on michael flynn, contradicting prior claims from the trump administration. Sally yates testimony raises more questions about white. Yates testimony creates a new headache for trumps white. Sally yates outclasses the president in cnn interview.
May 08, 2017 sally yates testifies before senate white house, us you dont want your national security advisor compromised with the russians, yates said. White house had been warned on national security chief editorial updated mar 24, 2019. Sally yates testifies before senate white house, us you dont want your national security advisor compromised with the russians, yates said. May 08, 2017 you likely remember sally yates role as acting attorney general at the beginning of trumps presidency. The public hearing will be the first featuring testimony by obama administration officials who have left government. Sally yates testimony shows white house lied about flynn. Mar 28, 2017 lawyers for president donald trump tried to prevent former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying before the house intelligence committee on links between trump campaign staff and russian officials, according to correspondence first obtained by the washington post. Former acting attorney general sally yates and james r. Sally yates s testimony yesterday calls into yet greater doubt the effectiveness of white house counsel don mcgahn. May 08, 2017 former acting attorney general sally yates is set to testify in front of a senate subcommittee as part of an ongoing investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 election. Former dag sally yates testified to congress that after the flynn interview dojnational security division. Sally yates says she warned white house that flynn was a.
Former acting attorney general sally yates and former director of national intelligence james clapper testify on may 8, 2017, before the u. Former deputy ag sally yates had the original joe pientka. The twoway the former acting attorney general told a senate panel that she repeatedly informed the white house that former. Sally yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today she said nothing but old news. Trump administration denies it tried to block sally yates. Sally yates testified about flynn, russia and trump the new. Sally yates was born on 20 august 1960, in atlanta, to j. Sally yates, acting attorney general fired by trump. Washington post former acting attorney general sally yates and james r. May 08, 2017 sally yates was abruptly fired as acting attorney general in the first days of the trump administration for refusing to defend the new presidents controversial travel ban in court. Climate scientist schools climate change denying senator duration. Sally yatess senate testimony, in three minutes the.
We are joined by karoun demirjian of the washington. The left is aggrandizing her because it helps future political aims and because theyre pathetic losers searching for a win somewhere. Sally yates is enough of a legal expert to have known how not to tamper with an ongoing investigation during her testimony today. May 08, 2017 trump is going after sally yates before she starts her testimony on flynn and the russians published mon, may 8 2017 1. Sally yates to testify at may 8 senate hearing cnnpolitics.
Theres more to the story of why sally yates was fired. Shortly after the hearing concluded, trump blasted yates testimony as old news. Sally yates hid from congress that obama told her about. Sally yates just contradicted trumps defense of michael. Yates, the former acting attorney general, and james r. In dramatic testimony monday, obama holdover attorney general sally yates testified that she warned the incoming white house its newly installed national security adviser, michael flynn. Sally yates testifies before senate judiciary panel. Former acting attorney general sally yates is expected to deliver longawaited testimony monday afternoon before a senate subcommittee investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. According to sally yates testimony, she and mary mccord presented all the information to mcgahn so the white house could take action that they deemed appropriate.
More local news, more breaking news and indepth journalism. White house spokesman hopes sally yates testifies on russia right now i should be sitting in a hearing and the american people should be hearing from sally yates. May 08, 2017 live coverage of the senate testimony of former acting attorney general sally yates on the chain of events that led to the ouster of michael flynn, president donald trumps first national security. May 08, 2017 sally yates to testify in russia hearing. Former acting attorney general sally yates testifies before the senate judiciary committees subcommittee on crime and terrorism on capitol hill, may 8, 2017, in washington, d. By madeline conway, martin matishak and austin wright. Nunes made was to cancel a hearing that was to include testimony from former acting attorney general sally yates, who was fired in. Spokesman sean spicer disputes a washington post story that the white house prevented former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying on capitol hill in. Trump administration discouraged sally yates testimony wsj. Her father was a judge who had served on the georgia court of appeals between 1966 and 1984. At one point the white house tried to keep yates from testifying at all, given that. Sally yates, an official in obamas doj, became trumps acting attorney general and was soon fired by trump after she refused to enforce a travel ban. Carlin was succeeded by mary mccordwho would later accompany acting ag sally yates to see white house counsel don mcgahn about trumps national security adviser, gen. Ultimately, the sally yates testimony was purely politics.
The twoway on may 8, two obama administration officials, former acting attorney general sally yates. Sally yates, representing the doj, had signed off on it before the fbis legal department had even done their analysis. Former acting attorney general sally yates recounts her first. May 02, 2017 former acting ag sally yates to testify about michael flynn next week. Yates, the former acting attorney general, and the new york times reporter matt apuzzo had a wideranging conversation at a timesevent. Senate judiciary committee on capitol hill in washington. James clapper and sally yates testify before a senate panel on may 8. Former acting attorney general sally yates is expected to testify before congress next week that she warned white house officials that former. A livestream of the event is available here and below. Sally yates senate hearing mansplaining funny memes. Sally yates owns and humilates ted cruz during russia.
Sally yates, james clapper testify on capitol hill. Amid calls for recusal, house intel chairman devin nunes. Sally yates testimony testimony from sally yates, identifying more people at the january 5th meeting, and also describing an immediate follow up meeting where the logan act is brought up. Former acting attorney general sally yates said monday that she alerted the white house earlier this year that former trump national security adviser michael flynn could be essentially. May 09, 2017 sally yates testimony raises more questions about white house counsel don mcgahn he allegedly brushed off a warning that one top white house official had lied to another. While the questions around the missing original 302 have yet to be reconciled, one possible path to discover its location and a copy of its original content lies in the testimony of sally yates. Sally yates s senate testimony, in three minutes duration. Former acting attorney general yates warned that testimony. Yates tells senate she warned white house flynn could be. Recently released comey testimony provides further. The trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying to congress in the house investigation of links between russian officials and donald trumps. She served as a united states attorney and later united states deputy attorney general, having been appointed to both positions by president barack obama.