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'''Dana Boente''' was the Acting Head of [[DOJ]]'s National Security Division until January 23, 2018 replacing [[Mary McCord (DOJ)|Mary McCord]].
'''Dana Boente''' was the Acting Head of [[DOJ]]'s National Security Division until January 23, 2018 replacing [[Mary McCord (DOJ)|Mary McCord]].
Days before Trump's inauguration [[President Obama]] signed an Executive Order that removed Boente from the line of succession to be acting Attorney General, and placing [[Sally Yates]] in his stead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref> Boente is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia [EDVA] during the Clinton whitewash and Trump FISA abuse operations, the view of Boente as seen from the top tier officials conducting the political operations was that Boente was not in alignment with their goals. After Sally Yates was fired from the DOJ, the Trump administration used Boente as acting Attorney General until Jeff Sessions was confirmed. After Sessions confirmation Boente remained the head of the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) until the end of 2017. In his positions throughout 2016 and 2017 Boente likely knew the political activities that were ongoing within Main Justice. Boente left the DOJ at the end of 2017 and was hired by FBI Director [[Christopher Wray]] to replace the disgraced [[FBI chief legal counsel James Baker]].
Days before Trump's inauguration [[President Obama]] signed an Executive Order that removed Boente from the line of succession to be acting Attorney General, and placing [[Sally Yates]] in his stead.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref> The view of Boente as seen from the top tier officials conducting the political operations was that Boente was not in alignment with their goals.
Boente was briefly Acting Deputy Attorney General after [[Sally Yates]] was fired until [[Rod Rosenstein]] was appointed.
Boente was briefly Acting Deputy Attorney General after [[Sally Yates]] was fired until [[Rod Rosenstein]] was appointed. Boente became Acting AG until [[Jeff Sessions]] was confirmed.
Boente remained the head of the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) until the end of 2017. In his positions throughout 2016 and 2017 Boente likely knew the political activities that were ongoing within Main Justice.
Boente left the DOJ at the end of 2017 and was hired by FBI Director [[Christopher Wray]] as FBI General Counsel – replacing [[James Baker (DOJ)|James Baker]] who was demoted and reassigned.
==Career==
==Career==
Boente was formerly the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).
Boente is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia [EDVA] during the Clinton whitewash and FISA abuse operations,
==See also==
==See also==