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US Justice Department fires prosecutors who worked on Trump's criminal cas
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Acting Attorney General James McHenry in a letter written to the officials said they cannot be "trusted" to "faithfully" implement agenda of Trump.
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US says ready to try Pak terrorist Omar Sheikh in Daniel Pearl case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): The United States is ready to take custody of terrorist Omar Sheikh to stand trial in the American journalist Daniel Pearl's abduction and murder case, said US Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A Rosen.
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Will not get involved: Trump on Mueller investigation
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 19 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he will not get involved in the decisions taken by the newly-appointed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker in the Mueller investigation.
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Senator Democrats to take legal action against Whitaker's appointment
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 10 (ANI): Senator Democrats are considering legal action against the United States President Donald Trump's decision of appointing Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.
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Haven't discussed anything with Whitaker: Trump on Russia probe
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington (USA), Nov 10 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has said that he had never discussed anything in connection to the investigation into the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections with the acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker.
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NY Solicitor General Barbara Underwood named as acting attorney general
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 8 (ANI): New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood on Tuesday was named the state's acting attorney general to replace Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned following the release of a report giving a detailed account of his sexual misconduct.
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Yates dubs Trump's first travel ban as 'unlawful'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates has defended her decision earlier this year to not enforce United States President Donald Trump's first ban on travel from several majority-Muslim nations, dubbing the order as "unlawful."
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Now, Sally Yates says she had warned WH against Flynn
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): After former Obama administration officials confirming that former United States president Barack Obama had warned current President Donald Trump against hiring retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his National Security Advisor (NSA), former acting Attorney Gener
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Trump fires acting AG for 'betraying' Department of Justice
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 31(ANI): President Donald Trump on Monday fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States.
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