Sally Yates, an anti-Trump #Resistance icon, spent her last year in Obamaâs Justice department refusing to act on a high-profile clemency initiative, prompting a furious resignation letter from Obamaâs pardon attorney. After her famous firing in the early Trump days, Yates went to work for BigLaw firm King & Spaldingâs âSpecial Matters and Government Investigationsâ practice, which is BigLawspeak for âteaching corporate America which laws they can violate without DOJ filing suit, and how to tamp down on suits which they do file.â











