Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates blasted President Trump following his calls for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE, saying “this must stop.”

“DOJ not a tool for POTUS to use to go after his enemies and protect his friends,” Yates said in a tweet Saturday. “Respect rule of law and DOJ professionals. This must stop.”

DOJ not a tool for POTUS to use to go after his enemies and protect his friends. Respect rule of law and DOJ professionals. This must stop. — Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) November 4, 2017

Trump has renewed calls for the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate Clinton in recent days.

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In a radio interview Thursday, Trump said he was “very unhappy” that federal officials weren’t investigating Clinton. The comment followed new revelations that her campaign funded opposition research on Trump that led to the production of an unverified dossier linking him to Russia.

"The saddest thing is, because I'm the president of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved in the Justice Department. I am not supposed to be involved in the FBI. I'm not supposed to be doing the kind of things that I would love to be doing and I'm very frustrated by it," he said.

Trump also told reporters Friday that he was “disappointed” in the Justice Department for not investigating Clinton, saying “they should be looking at the Democrats.”



On Friday Trump also tweeted that the Justice Department and FBI should investigate Clinton following former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile’s claim that Clinton had tilted the Democratic primary in her favor and against Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE (I-Vt.), with the full knowledge of the committee.

In January, Trump fired Yates from her post as acting attorney general just hours after she refused to have the Justice Department defend his executive order blocking people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.