Earlier this week, President Donald Trump fired the new top prosecutor in Seattle less than an hour after he was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district.
President Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district.
— ABC News (@ABC) July 16, 2026
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The Associated Press reports:
President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between the courts and the president over the powerful positions.
Roger Rogoff, a former judge and veteran state and federal prosecutor, was sworn in as U.S. attorney before 8 a.m. at the U.S. courthouse in downtown Seattle. In a phone interview, he said he then went to the U.S. Attorney's Office and asked to meet with Charles Neil Floyd, whose 120-day interim term in the position ended in February.
As he waited in a lobby, Rogoff said, he received an email from the Trump administration informing him he'd been removed. He is consulting with other lawyers about suing over his firing, he said.
Outstanding. Trump going to war against the abuse of blue slips is imperative. https://t.co/StZn6d9ktu
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) July 16, 2026
What took him so long?!
— Man O’ War (@SnifferWine) July 17, 2026
Of course he did. It's his prerogative. Funny how you didn't mention that.
— GTRxMan 🇺🇸 (@gtrxman) July 16, 2026
The federal rogue, administrative part of our government, is a sham. A corrupt mess and needs to be removed. Top to bottom.
— P.L.Howe (@spiralweaver) July 16, 2026
The Guardian picked up the story, and Richard W. Painter, a law professor who served as the chief White House ethics lawyer from 2005 to 2007, is crying that without an independent Justice Department, there can be no rule of law.
Without an independent justice department there can be no rule of law.https://t.co/YgUR0k0UBr
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 16, 2026
US attorneys are appointed by the president. They typically change with each new administration.
— lumpen bourgeoisie 🐀 (@JohnSchoffstall) July 18, 2026
This story sounds like a gang of local judges tried to game legal technicalities to make a legally doubtful end run around the president.
They failed.
"LaW pRoFeSsOr"...
— Vincent Charles: Roi De Tout, (Ret.) (@YesThatVCharles) July 18, 2026
You certainly didn't prove it by tweeting this.
Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 - US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President.
— Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 (@ZannSuz) July 18, 2026
The DOJ is part of the Executive Branch.
— I'm that suburban mom Trump voter (@GinaBritton14) July 16, 2026
Could you explain to us how that would jive with the Constitution?
— Thomas Paine jr. (@ThomasPainejr1) July 17, 2026
— Christopher Walker (@chriswalker_12) July 18, 2026
Judges don't appoint federal attorneys. That's not how it works.
— Richard DeCamp (@richdecamp) July 16, 2026
You’re not actually this stupid.
— HoR_Emperor (@HorEmperor) July 17, 2026
You’re just lying.
In my experience, law professors have some of the worst takes on X, and always have. It seems law schools operate on progressive ideology rather than the Constitution. Sunny Hostin is a lawyer. Jasmine Crockett has a law degree. I can only imagine the progressive slop these law professors are doling out to students, going into hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
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