Like any CEO with a law firm, sometimes the lawyers have to tell the CEO, 'Mr. CEO, you can't do that. Don't do that. We'll get sued. It's going to be in violation of the law. You'll regret it, please, no matter how headstrong they might be.' Do you feel like that's a duty on the attorney general's office?
Sessions questions Yates about the attorney general's responsibility to advise the president against unlawful actions.
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What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.
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