Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates has a new job at her old law firm.
Atlanta-based King & Spalding on Tuesday announced that Yates is returning to the firm where she began her legal career more than 30 years ago. Yates was the Justice Department’s No. 2 official at the end of the Obama administration and acting attorney general for the first 10 days of the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump fired her for refusing to defend his travel ban. Since then, she’s made public appearances and given lectures, publicly criticizing Trump and voicing her support for an independent FBI and Justice Department.
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