Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
The judges’ pick is expected to sue after the White House removed him, raising a fight over who can appoint top federal prosecutors.
- On Wednesday, federal judges in the Western District of Washington appointed former King County Superior Court judge Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney; President Donald Trump fired him 54 minutes later.
- Judges acted after the administration failed to formally nominate a successor for First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd, whose interim term expired in February, triggering U.S. Code 546.
- The White House has established a pattern of dismissing court-appointed prosecutors, including Donald Kinsella in the Northern District of New York and Tessa Gorman in Western Washington, firing each within hours.
- Rogoff's legal team is preparing to sue the Department of Justice, challenging the administration's authority to ignore the federal statute governing judicial appointments when Senate confirmation is absent.
- Then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche cited Article 2 of the Constitution to justify the removal, stating "Judges don't pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does," framing the dispute as executive power.
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Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
President Donald Trump has fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district.
Trump DOJ fires US attorney via email less than an hour after judicial appointment: NYT
The Trump Department of Justice axed a U.S. attorney less than an hour after his appointment, The New York Times reported.According to the report, Roger Rogoff led the U.S. attorney's office in Seattle for 54 minutes before he was fired via email by the DOJ. Federal judges in the Western District of Washington unanimously appointed him as the DOJ's top official there, which filled a vacancy that Trump hadn't addressed, the Times added. The quick…
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