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The Trump administration took the fight over who controls U.S.attorney appointments to a whole new level, firing a Seattle-based prosecutor less than an hour after he was picked for the job without the blessing of the administration."District court judges can appoint a temporary U.S.
Attorney, and POTUS can fire them," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote Wednesday on X as he was testifying before the Senate in his confirmation hearing, calling out a U.S.District Court for the Western District of Washington state panel for elevating Judge Roger Rogoff to be the top federal prosecutor in Seattle."WDWA judges abandoned the time-honored process of consultation with the administration so that the selected U.S.
Attorney is qualified to serve in the administration," Blanche said."Roger Rogoff has been fired by the President."That post came after Rogoff, 57, a former King County Superior Court judge and longtime state and federal prosecutor, was sworn in before 8 a.m.
local time at the federal courthouse in downtown Seattle as U.S.attorney for the Western District of Washington.TRUMP'S AG NOMINEE RACKS UP MASSIVE SUPPORT AHEAD OF CONFIRMATION HEARING: 'REAL RESULTS'Judge Roger Rogoff spent 20 years as a state prosecutor and six as a federal prosecutor before becoming a state judge, and admitted he knew the administration might fire him immediately but did not reject taking on 'the best job there is.' (Ted S.
Warren/AP)He then went to the U.S.Attorney’s Office and asked to meet with Charles Neil Floyd, the Trump administration’s preferred choice for the job, whose 120-day interim term expired in February.While Rogoff waited in the lobby, he received an email notifying him that Trump had removed him from office.Rogoff's situation was not mentioned in Blanche's Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, but Blanche is back before the Senate again Thursday and Rogoff now might be a notable topic of discussion during his confirmation process.BIDEN JUDGE REJECTS TRUMP...