![]() Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated that “We don’t have religious tests in this country.” In fact, the laws Trump used to enact this immigration ban are silent on the matter of religion. ![]() Fueled by the people and their response to this elected government, men and women in leadership roles that by definition require them to subvert their own interests to those of the people are figuring it out. In the past 48 hours we have seen a great awakening of leadership in America. Do they speak out because their role requires it of them, or do they keep their counsel to avoid using their positions incorrectly to influence the outcome of elections? Along the way, each person has had to decide which to place first: her own interest her political party’s, or the interests she is charged to protect. Throughout this last election cycle and in the months since, we have seen people in leadership roles struggle. Her commitment to her work and the role she was in, even only temporarily, is commendable. Yates proved equally adept at using politics when the law was being used, in her opinion, to achieve unjust ends. Trump is a student of human nature and loopholes, and he is adept at bringing them together to assure his supporters he has understood what they wanted him to do. Trump is experienced at using laws, “the system” as he so eloquently described it, to their full advantage - even if the outcome is perverse. She saw his bet and raised hers and he raised his, unafraid of drawing comparisons to his classic line from his reality TV show: “You’re fired.” Yates understood the power she had as well as President Trump understands his. The hearings for her successor as attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions, unfold this week. Yates seized the opportunity to put a marker down for moral justice - she had little to lose personally by being fired for ordering Justice Department lawyers not to defend President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration from seven majority Muslim countries. In the four-paragraph letter she sent to Justice Department attorneys on Monday, Yates took care to note the specific duties she had in her acting role and how the DOJ’s responsibilities differ from other legal offices in government. She played her position, attending to the interests she was charged to protect in her role as attorney general. In addition to assessing the situation through the lens of law, she cited the obligations of her duties in her dissenting memo to Department of Justice attorneys. Yates has shown us what ethical leadership looks like. It’s a wake up call from Yates to Congress to do its job. And our nation’s now-fired top attorney, acting attorney general Sally Yates, played her political trump card to avoid upholding laws that are leading to unethical acts. The president, a businessman by training and experience, is using laws to their fullest extent to fulfill his campaign promises. ![]() Irony has been in abundance during week one of the Trump administration. He has publicly stated that the Justice Department did not find enough fraud to impact the outcome of the election.This article was originally published in MarketWatch on January 31, 2017. Trump's efforts to undermine the results of the election. Rosen has emerged as a key witness in multiple investigations that focus on Mr. Clark at the top of the department to carry out that plan," The Times reported. "The investigations were opened following a New York Times article that detailed efforts by Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the Justice Department's civil division, to push top leaders to falsely and publicly assert that ongoing election fraud investigations cast doubt on the Electoral College results. Rosen testified before DOJ's inspector general on Friday and gave closed-door testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday. Trump subvert the results of the 2020 election," the newspaper reported, citing "a person familiar with the interviews." Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Trump administration, has told the Justice Department watchdog and Congressional investigators that one of his deputies tried to help former President Donald J. The final person to lead the Department of Justice during Donald Trump's administration has testified about efforts to overturn the election, The New York Times reported Saturday afternoon. This article originally appeared on Raw Story
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