UPDATED with Donald Trump tweet: We spoke too soon. President Donald Trump did not wait for early morning to tweet his thoughts on Acting Attorney General Sally Yates’ dispatch about his travel ban. He tweeted:
PREVIOUS: Anticipating President Donald Trump’s tweets tomorrow morning:
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates – an Obama administration leftover –this afternoon issued a letter saying the Justice Dept. “will not present arguments in defense of” Trump’s travel ban. Yates said she’s not convinced Pres. Trump’s immigration order is “lawful” and has told DOJ to refrain from defending POTUS’s executive order, in re those various legal challenges already launched.
TV News feasting on the development now; late-night hosts get their crack at it tonight: