Roger Rogoff, former director of the state office of independent investigations, is now the rope in a tug-of-war with the Trump administration.

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.

        • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          17 days ago

          I dunno if you know this, but Seattle is a state in America, the fascist country.

          Edit: Yeah I know I’m dumb, lol. Im not from America and not particularly good at geography.

              • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                31·
                17 days ago

                For not knowing American geography but acting like an expert about American issues and resistance.

                It’s the combination that make you look like an ass.

                • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  13·
                  17 days ago

                  Kind of completely irrelevant. Mixing up the name of a city for one of the many states has nothing to do with the national resistance I’m begging y’all to form lol.

                  • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    31·
                    17 days ago

                    It’s like conservatives asking why we can’t just take over Kharg Island in Iran.

                    Geographical limitations is a thing that you’re completely ignoring in favor of shouting down people to kill themselves.

                  • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                    11·
                    17 days ago

                    It’s not irrelevant, it shows you know literally nothing about the US, and yet, you feel the need to speak like an authority on how the US functions and what people here are doing. It just shows how little you truly know, and how you’re inserting yourself into something you know nothing about.

                    Didn’t you say something in your 1000 comment post about not not engaging comments unless you know that you’re 100% correct? What happened to that? Were you just talking out of your ass again, trying to make yourself always seem 100% correct elsewhere?

          • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            21·
            17 days ago

            I’m still not sure why you brought up right wing militias, the ones that are outnumbered here in Seattle, which is a city that this community is for.