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 director of the state office of independent investigations, formed to investigate police killings, is now the rope in a tug-of-war with the Trump administration. The district’s 17 sitting federal judges began looking for a replacement for Neil Floyd in January after the president failed to formally nominate him, instead appointing Floyd as interim and later as a “first assistant” U.S. attorney in order to sidestep the nomination process.
Rogoff said he was waiting in the lobby of the U.S. District Courthouse downtown to meet with Floyd, and presumably take Floyd’s office, when he got an email saying he’d been fired.
“We are working on legal action right now,” Rogoff said. “The rule of law requires that prosecutorial decisions remain free from political interference, and that lawful judicial appointments be respected. I remain grateful for the confidence placed in me and proud of the career professionals who continue to serve the people of Western Washington.”
Rogoff’s firing sets up a legal battle over a federal statute that gives a district’s federal judges authority to appoint a U.S. attorney if there is no formal nomination or Senate hearing.
Open a history book and read about the resistance against Germany in Germany in the 1930s
Great. What specific actions are you demanding people undertake because you said so? “Just fight back” is real fucking easy to tell other people to do, but you have no fucking idea what that would even entail in this case. Thanks for your stellar contribution here.
They want us to die. That’s it.
I can understand people’s general hatred of the US based on our government’s actions and such, but jesus christ, there’s gotta be more productive ways of expressing it than yelling at randos in a city community on Lemmy.
We want you to offer friction to a literal fascist takeover of your country.
Then you have no idea what’s actually happening here.
Outsiders actually have a much more whole picture than what’s offered by imperial core propaganda lol.
I guess you’re right, maybe they won’t murder you if you roll over and show them your bellies. Good luck, Velma.
This country is too big for you to even wrap your head around.
Go get a snack and lay down for a nappy nap. You need it.
Hahaha, you’re funny. American exceptionalism isn’t gonna save you from capitalism decaying into fascism.
Too big to wrap my head around, Hahaha.
If I offered nothing, what the fuck are you adding, lmao?
Okay, armchair cowboy. Have a nice day.
Thanks, you too.