CHAOS IN PRESIDENCY

Sally Yates, Ex-US deputy attorney general (Fired on Jan. 30)

Trump fired the top federal lawyer after she took the rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations Michael Flynn, Ex-national security adviser (Fired on Feb 14)

Trump’s former NSA resigned after revelations that he discussed US curbs on Kremlin with the Russian ambassador to the US before Trump took office and misled V-P Mike Pence about the conversations

Preet Bharara, US attorney for the southern district of New York (Fired on March 11) The prominent US prosecutor was fired after he refused to step down after Trump took office James Comey, director of FBI (Fired on May 9) Though White House pointed to the ‘Rosenstein memo’ as a reason for firing him, Comey was overseeing the Russia probe Sean Spicer, White House press Secy (Resigned on July 21) Spicer abruptly resigned last Friday after Anthony Scaramucci, one-time Trump critic, was appointed as communications chief

ROW OVER SESSIONS

Brushing off sharp criticism from Trump, US attorney general Jeff Sessions said on July

20: “We love this job, we love this department, and I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate.” However, the US President tweeted on Tuesday: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!”