You're fired: Trump fires justice head over refugee ban order

Donald Trump has fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates after she ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending the president's refugee ban.

You're fired: Trump fires justice head over refugee ban order

Donald Trump has fired acting US Attorney General Sally Yates after she ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending the president's refugee ban.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president had named Dana Boente, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as her replacement.

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