What is Sally Yates?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sally Yates | image = Sally Q. Yates.jpg | office = [[United States Attorney General]]<br>{{small|Acting}} | president = [[Donald Trump]] | term_start = January 20, 2017 | term_end = January 30, 2017 | predecessor = [[Loretta Lynch]] | successor = [[Dana Boente]]<br>{{small|(Acting)}} | office1 = 36th [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] | president1 = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]] | term_start1 = January 10, 2015 | term_end1 = January 30, 2017 | predecessor1 = [[James M. Cole]] | successor1 = [[Rod Rosenstein]] | office2 = [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia|Northern District of Georgia]] | president2 = [[Barack Obama]] | term_start2 = March 10, 2010 | term_end2 = January 10, 2015 | predecessor2 = [[David Nahmias]] | successor2 = [[John A. Horn]] (Judiciary Appointed) | president3 = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start3 = July 1, 2004 | term_end3 = December 1, 2004<br>{{small|Acting}} | predecessor3 = [[William S. Duffey Jr.]] | successor3 = [[David Nahmias]] | birth_name = Sally Caroline Quillian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|20}} | birth_place = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = | spouse = J. Comer Yates | children = 2 | education = [[University of Georgia]] {{small|(BA, [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} }} '''Sally Caroline Quillian Yates''' (born August 20, 1960 in [[Atlanta]]) is an American lawyer. She studied at the [[University of Georgia]] and was the acting [[Attorney General of the United States]] from January 20, 2017 through January 30, 2017. She was also serving as Deputy Attorney General from March 2015 until her dismissal on January 30, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sally Yates, Pick for Loretta Lynch’s No. 2, Is Questioned|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/yates-faces-friendly-inquiry-at-hearing-for-no-2-justice-department-post-1427216742|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=April 24, 2015|date=Ma