The senate judiciary committee holds hearings today on the nomination of Alabama’s Senator Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III, as President Trump’s Attorney General. The hearings take on a new twist today, after acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired last night after “she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries,” according to the New York Times.
USA Today: Sessions faces Senate vote, as Trump throws DOJ in chaos
The Senate Judiciary Committee was poised to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, just hours after President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to defend his controversial refugee ban in court.
Fox News: Sessions once asked Yates about AG’s responsibility to say ‘no’ to a president
President Trump’s selection for attorney general once questioned Sally Yates during a confirmation hearing in 2015 about whether the role of an attorney general was simply follow marching orders from the sitting president.
NBC News: First Amendment Defense Act Looms Over Sessions’ Confirmation Vote
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold its final hearing and vote on Jeff Sessions, President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. The vote was delayed during last Tuesday’s hearing amid calls for a delay from Democrats and groups like the ACLU. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., requested the hold, citing 200 pages of written answers to questions that Sessions did not submit until the Sunday before the scheduled vote.
Huffington Post: Jeff Sessions Had Warned Sally Yates: You’ll Have To Say No To The President
“Do you think the Attorney General has the responsibility to say no to the President if he asks for something that’s improper?” the senator asked her.
Monday night, acting Attorney General Sally Yates was relieved of her duties by President Donald Trump after Yates announced that the Department of Justice would not defend Trump’s executive order on refugees and travelers from various Muslim-majority countries. In cashiering Yates, Trump made it sound like Yates had been insubordinate, accusing her of “betraying” the Department of Justice.
Bloomberg TV: The political fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban and firing of acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates is expected to extend to the confirmation process for Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions. Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli reports on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
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