US EditionU.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal judges appointed Donald T. Kinsella as interim U.S. attorney after John A. Sarcone was ruled unlawfully serving; White House fired Kinsella within hours to assert presidential authority.
- On Wednesday, a panel of Northern District judges appointed Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. attorney and he was sworn in by Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes, but the U.S. Department of Justice removed him hours later.
- That followed a Jan. 8 ruling that Senior U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield found John A. Sarcone III was not lawfully serving as acting U.S. attorney and Sarcone's interim term expired Tuesday, prompting the vacancy.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on X that judges cannot appoint U.S. attorneys under Article II, while Donald T. Kinsella said he would consult the appointing judges about his firing.
- Hours after the firing, the post remained unfilled and it was unclear Thursday who was supervising the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of New York, while the government appealed Schofield's ruling last month to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
- The dispute adds to months-long friction as judges in multiple districts have issued similar rulings and critics say the Trump administration is sidestepping the U.S. Senate confirmation process, affecting probes including Letitia James, New York attorney general.
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