How Trump’s Novel Move Insulates Top U.S. Prosecutor in Upstate NY From Normal Scrutiny

How Trump’s novel move insulates top U.S. prosecutor in Upstate NY from normal scrutiny

Federal judges tried to keep John A. Sarcone III from staying as the Trump administration’s top prosecutor in Upstate New York, but the judges won’t get that chance again, according to a legal expert.In fact, a novel move by the Justice Department means Sarcone could stay on the job for almost two more years – into the third year of President Donald Trump’s term – with none of the traditional and independent review of whether he is qualified.

Who’s in charge?: Upstate U.S. attorney’s office in Trump-induced turmoil

Under the Constitution and U.S. law, the top federal law enforcement official in each of the country’s 94 judicial districts — of which New York has four — the United States attorney, is to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, or in some instances, approved by the district’s judges. Yet Donald Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, are bypassing both methods to install and keep a clearly unfit character as the U.S.…