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Trump Fires Seattle U.S. Attorney Minutes After Appointment

Trump Fires Seattle U.S. Attorney Minutes After Appointment

Trump Fires Seattle U.S. Attorney Minutes After Appointment
Above: President Donald Trump. Image credit: Graeme Sloan/EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Roger Rogoff was legally appointed under constitutional law, yetand then fired within an hour — not for lacking qualifications, but for refusing to be a regime loyalist. The Trump administration never even submitted confirmation paperwork for its own pick, leaving the office in legal limbo and putting federal prosecutions at risk. The judiciary stepped in precisely because the executive branch abandoned the advice-and-consent process entirely.


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