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.
Ah, here we go:
Let’s see here, let’s break this down. You were 100% incorrect about Seattle being a city. You were 100% incorrect about what people are doing here, in Seattle.
You didn’t accurately source anything, and were incorrect, so now I get to be proud just to make a dumbass look stupid instead. Oh, wait, you don’t like that done to you?
This has nothing to do with “American exceptionalism”. You have consistently spoken as an authority on how Seattle operates, and what’s happening here, even though you couldn’t even get the city or state correct in the city’s own community. Did you get lost, friend?
What the fuck are you talking about lol. You’re a small minority in your city, let alone the state and let alone the country.
I got the name of a city and a state mixed up, that’s completely irrelevant to my point, which is that the vast majority of Americans aren’t doing fuck all to fight back against the pedophile billionaire fascists.
There you go again, speaking as an authority about Seattle when you have no fucking clue what you’re even talking about. It’s not a small minority, Seattle is one of the bluest, if not the bluest cities in the country, and we love a good riot.
It’s not completely irrelevant, because if you can’t get the basics correct, why the fuck should anyone listen to what else you have to say about it? Maybe try getting the basics correct before engaging, like you claimed you did in your little 1,000 comment celebration.
I think you’re lost. This isn’t /c/politics. This is /c/Seattle. Seattle is a city in Western Washington State. Washington state is located in the Pacific northwest, which is part of cascadia. Cascadia includes portions of Canada, Oregon, and Washington Western. It’s one of the bluest areas in the country, Trump was not even close to winning, and most here are doing your basic (let me emphasize, basic) suggestions. Your words here are fucking useless noise because we’re already way ahead of you. Just go to the Texas community if you want to bitch and blame people for not doing enough.
Good luck with all that, champ.
“Sometimes I’m proud to just make a dumbass look stupid.”
Lmao, good luck with the fascism 👍
Don’t worry, it’ll come to you shortly, if it’s not already there. Careful out there. They’re coming for you next, and your useless advice here will do nothing. You’ll probably continue to think that you’re 100% correct and making a dumbass look stupid as they stomp on your neck.
It’ll come to me in the form of an American invasion when y’all are already in a mass grave, I assume. Hopefully I’m wrong! Hopefully the great state of Seattle can defeat their federal government first, lolol.
It won’t matter where it came from when they’re stomping on your neck. But I’m sure you’ve thought of that, because all of your thoughts here are always 100% correct, according to you.