Sally Yates
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Sally Yates | |
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| United States Attorney General Acting | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Loretta Lynch |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Sessions (Nominee) |
| United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | James Cole |
| Succeeded by | Rod J. Rosenstein (Nominee) |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | |
| In office March 10, 2010 – January 10, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Nahmias |
| Succeeded by | John Horn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sally Caroline Quillian August 20, 1960 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Georgia (BA, JD) |
Sally Quillian Yates (born August 20, 1960) is the Acting Attorney General of the United States as of January 20, 2017.[1]
Early life and education
Yates was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, receiving her B.A. degree in 1982. Her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, is from the University of Georgia Law School, awarded in 1986.
Career
From 1985 to 1989, Yates practiced with King & Spalding, in Atlanta. From 1989 to 2015, she was with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, rising from Assistant U.S. Attorney in 1994 to Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section, in 2002 to First Assistant U.S. Attorney, in 2004 to Acting U.S. Attorney, and in 2010 to U.S. Attorney. She was the lead prosecutor in the prosecution of Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph, a terrorist convicted for a series of anti-abortion and anti-gay-motivated bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured over 120 others.[2] During her time as a U.S. Attorney, Yates was appointed by Attorney General Eric Holder to serve as Vice Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.
In January 2017, Yates accepted a request from President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Acting Attorney General, beginning soon as Trump takes office at noon on January 20, 2017, and until a full-time successor for Attorney General Loretta Lynch can be confirmed by the United States Senate.[3]
On January 30, 2017, Yates ordered the Justice Department not to defend Trump's Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States", saying "At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities [of the Attorney General's Office], nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful".[4]
Senate confirmation of deputy position
On May 13, 2015, the United States Senate voted 84-12 to confirm Yates as Deputy Attorney General of the United States.[5]
References
- ^ "Meet the Acting Attorney General | AG | Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ "#477: 10-14-98 ERIC RUDOLPH CHARGED IN CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK BOMBING". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ Josh Gerstein (January 17, 2017). "Trump will allow U.S. attorneys to stay past Friday". Politico. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban
- ^ "Senate Floor Proceedings" (PDF). United States Senate Periodical Press Gallerhy. May 13, 2015. p. 18. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
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