Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
Rogoff is weighing a lawsuit after Trump administration officials said the president can fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys.
- At 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, federal judges in the Western District of Washington swore in Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney, only for President Donald Trump to fire him 54 minutes later via email titled 'A Message From the President.'
- After the Western District remained without a Senate-confirmed U.S. attorney for three years, Trump appointed Charles Neil Floyd as interim prosecutor in October 2025; his 120-day term expired February 3, but the administration renamed him 'first assistant' to sidestep Senate confirmation.
- Federal judges cited 28 U.S.C. § 546 in unanimously appointing Rogoff, while law professor Elizabeth G. Porter acknowledged judges' statutory power to make temporary appointments, though she called arguments for protection from removal 'a tough argument.'
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the firing on X, asserting 'District court judges can appoint a temporary U.S. Attorney, and POTUS can fire them,' while Senator Patty Murray condemned it as an end-run around constitutional confirmation procedures.
- Rogoff has retained an employment law firm and is consulting lawyers about legal action, potentially setting up the first direct court test of whether presidential removal power extends to judges' appointees.
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Pres. Trump swiftly dismisses top Federal Prosecutor in Seattle shortly after his court-appointment
President Donald Trump fired the newly appointed top federal prosecutor for the Western District of Washington, with the move coming less than an hour after regional judges swore him into office. Roger Rogoff, a former King County Superior Court judge and veteran prosecutor, took his oath of office at approximately 7:40 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Seattle on Wednesday. Merely 54 minutes later, while waiting in the building’s lobby to assum…
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It’s easy to lose track of every piece of maladministration. but the cosntant disruption of the basic functioning of federal prosecutors remains a major issue: At 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, federal judges in the Western District of Washington swore in former King County Superior Court judge and federal prosecutor Roger Rogoff as their pick for U.S. attorney. Fifty-four minutes later, President Donald Trump fired him. Rogoff, who recently resigned as …
Roger Rogoff was sworn in in Washington as a U.S. Attorney. Less than an hour later, the discharge came by e-mail. An analysis.
Trump Admin Cans Seattle Prosecutor Less Than an Hour After His Swearing-In
The DOJ fired U.S. Attorney for western Washington State Roger Rogoff less than an hour after he was unanimously appointed by the district's 17 federal judges. The post Trump Admin Cans Seattle Prosecutor Less than an Hour After His Swearing-In appeared first on Breitbart.
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