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https://www.theepochtimes.com/dana-boentes-many-critical-positions-within-the-trump-administration_2890008.html
On Feb. 9, 2017, the same day that Sessions was sworn in as attorney general, Trump issued a new executive order that reversed Obama’s earlier order and reverted the formal line of succession at the DOJ to its original form.
After Sessions was confirmed, Boente became the acting deputy AG, reporting to Sessions, while remaining as the U.S. attorney for the EDVA at the same time. Boente would remain in the deputy AG role until the April 25 confirmation of Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general.
On March 10, Trump abruptly fired 46 Obama-era U.S. attorneys. The firings appear to have been unexpected and included the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, who previously had been told he would be staying. Generally speaking, it’s customary for a new administration to purge the prior U.S. attorneys and replace them with their own candidates.
There has been some confusion around this event. There are actually a total of 93 U.S. attorneys, but 16 had already left their posts following the election. The remaining 31 attorneys not fired by Trump were either acting U.S. attorneys or had been specially appointed. These positions were already technically vacant and would be automatically filled once Trump had his new nominees confirmed by the Senate.
In the days following the firings, Trump declined the resignations of just three U.S. attorneys: Rosenstein, who was the U.S. attorney in Maryland; John Huber, the U.S. attorney in Utah; and Boente, from the EDVA. Two others, Deirdre Daly of Connecticut and Richard Hartunian of the Northern District of New York, were also allowed to stay on for several more months so that they could complete 20 years of service with the DOJ.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dana-boentes-many-critical-positions-within-the-trump-administration_2890008.html
Carter Page FISA Application
Boente and Rosenstein signed off on the second and third renewals, respectively, of the Page FISA—the last two FISA extensions—while they each occupied the deputy AG spot. This has often been referenced in relation to their roles.
Boente’s FBI signer was FBI Director Comey. Rosenstein’s was FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Both signings came at critical points in time. With Boente and Comey, the April 7 signing date was in the weeks prior to Comey’s May 9 firing by Trump and just four days before The Washington Post reported on the existence of the Page FISA warrant. For Rosenstein and McCabe, the June 29 signing took place around the time that the IG first discovered the Page–Strzok texts.
Notably, the final signing happened right around the same time that special counsel Mueller interviewed Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, and Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency.
There remains a number of unanswered questions in relation to their signing of the Page FISA. During a June 28, 2018, sworn testimony before Congress, Rosenstein addressed the issue, but also raised additional questions in the process:
“We sit down with a team of attorneys from the Department of Justice. All of whom review that and provide a briefing for us about what’s in it. And I’ve reviewed that one in some detail, and I can tell you the information that’s public about that doesn’t match with my understanding of the one that I signed, but I think it’s appropriate to let the Inspector General complete that investigation. These are serious allegations. I don’t do the investigation—I’m not the affiant. I’m reviewing the finished product.
“If the Inspector General finds that I did something wrong, then I’ll respect that judgment, but I think it is highly, highly unlikely, given the way the process works.”