Vermont US attorney quotes Sally Yates in resignation letter

[kpete]

Vermont's top federal prosecutor on Friday announced his resignation, quoting the acting U.S. attorney general that President Trump fired in his notice.

U.S. attorney Eric Miller's resignation statement made reference to Sally Yates, whom Trump fired earlier this week after she refused to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) defend his temporary ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations in court.

Miller's statement read in part:

"Whenever I think about the core mission of this place, I always return to a formulation I first heard from Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates: Although much or our most important work involves prosecuting people who break the law, we are not just the Department of Prosecutions, or even the Department of Public Safety. We are the Department of Justice. And I know the men and women of this office will continue to work every day to deliver on the promise of justice for all Vermonters."

Miller was appointed to his position by former President Obama in June 2016 and unanimously confirmed.

Yates stunned observers Monday by ordering the DOJ not to defend Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration and refugees in court, days after the president issued it

More:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/317771-vermonts-us-attorney-resigns-quotes-sally-yates