Sally Yates
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Sally Yates is a former Acting Attorney General known for her commitment to upholding the rule of law and integrity within the justice system. This interview reveals her steadfastness in protecting democratic norms and her role as a stabilizing force amidst political challenges.
“In your case, there's a lot of Yeah, you know, I prosecuted Democrats and Republicans. I'm not the only one prosecutors all over the country. Prosecute folks on both sides of the aisle, even though they most likely have a political preference themselves.”
“Some Well, look, that goes through a lot of levels of review at the Department of Justice to take that kind of action with respect to any lawyer's home or office, much less the lawyer for the President of the United States.”
“And that's one of the things that concerned me is that as we talk about Bob Mueller and whether he's a Democrat or a Republican, we all seem to be losing that Russia interfered in our election. And there hasn't been a whole lot of talk about what we're doing to make sure that they don't do it again.”
“Yeah, well, the good news is there haven't been a lot of resignations or directions in that regard. This doesn't come up very much because normally there's communication in advance of a situation like this. And I thought about residing.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 246 — Sally Yates
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