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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''' is currently General Counsel of the FBI.
In his positions throughout 2016 and 2017 Boente likely knew the political activities that were ongoing within Main Justice.
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.
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 became Acting AG until [[Jeff Sessions]] was confirmed.
Boente became Acting Attorney General for a period of days when Acting AG [[Sally Yates]] was fired. Upon [[Jeff Sessions]] confirmation, Boente remained Acting Deputy Attorney General until [[Rod Rosenstein]] was appointed.
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.
Boente replaced [[Mary McCord]] as the head of the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) until January 23, 2018. Boente then was hired by FBI Director [[Christopher Wray]] as FBI General Counsel – replacing [[James Baker (DOJ)|James Baker]] who was demoted and reassigned.
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