Acting Attorney General Sally Yates sent a letter Monday ordering the Justice Department not to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees in court, the New York Times reports.
ZACH GIBSON, NEW YORK TIMESSally Yates, acting attorney general, now speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, June 28, 2016.
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The decision is largely symbolic, but it highlights the deep divide at the Justice Department. Obama holdover Sally Yates is the only one authorized to sign foreign surveillance warrants.