Dana Boente was one of the Justice Department officials to sign an application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. The veteran federal prosecutor had just stepped in to defend President Trump’s entry ban after the acting attorney general was fired over her refusal to do so. At the time, Boente was acting as the deputy attorney general in Trump’s administration, according to the memo. But at least one conservative website suggested in recent days that he “may have to step down” over the revelation about his signing the surveillance application. Instead, Boente found himself serving as the acting attorney general after Trump fired acting attorney general Sally Yates for her refusal to defend his entry ban.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2018 23:13 UTC