# Trump fires acting AG Yates after she refuses to defend travel ban

Date: 2017

On 30 January 2017 [President Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) dismissed acting Attorney General [Sally Yates](/people/sally-yates) hours after she told Justice Department lawyers not to defend his executive order barring travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries. The [White House](/organizations/white-house) said she had betrayed the department and named Dana Boente as acting attorney general; Boente pledged to enforce the order.

## People

- Sally Yates: https://factrail.ai/people/sally-yates

## Sources

- https://www.npr.org/2017/01/30/512534805/justice-department-wont-defend-trumps-immigration-order
- https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-appointment-dana-boente-acting-attorney-general/
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/jan/30/trump-travel-ban-executive-order-world-protests-live
- https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/who-is-sally-yates

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/trump-fires-yates-travel-ban-2017-01-30