Gen. Sally Yates, shown testifying on Capitol Hill in 2015, was fired by President Trump on Jan. 30. Gen. Sally Yates said in letters last week that the Trump administration had moved to squelch her testimony in a hearing about Russian meddling in the presidential election. In the letters, attorney David O'Neil said he understood the Justice Department was invoking “further constraints” on testimony she could provide at a House Intelligence Committee hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday. He said the department's position was that all actions she took as deputy attorney general were “client confidences” that could not be disclosed without written approval. A person familiar with the situation confirmed them as authentic to the Associated Press.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 28, 2017 16:17 UTC