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10 days ago · United States
Sally Yates, former acting attorney general who defied Trump, to lead Cornell investigation
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. NBC News Top Stories is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 22:07 UTC. The headline in use is “Sally Yates, former acting attorney general who defied Trump, to lead Cornell investigation”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A longtime federal prosecutor, she became known in 2017 for refusing to enforce President Trump’s ban on travelers to the U. S.
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Sally Yates, former acting attorney general who defied Trump, to lead Cornell investigation
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