The White House has found a novel way to ensure Donald Trump’s nominees ascend to power.

Federal judges in the Western District of Washington swore in former King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney Wednesday morning. Within 54 minutes, Trump fired him.

The district’s 17 federal judges have been trying to find a replacement for Seattle’s First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd, after Trump failed to formally nominate him. Floyd was appointed in October, though his name was never officially advanced to the Senate for consideration.

Federal law grants a district’s judges the power to appoint a U.S. attorney if the president and the acting attorney general fail to do so within 120 days, subsequently stonewalling the procedural Senate hearings.

  • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Nope you were right, and I’ll take 50% readability. I’m not going to stomp over my own joke with an /s I was sure the italics would get that done

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      4 days ago

      Again, the viewpoint that all US citizens should be killed is not uncommon here. I appreciate not wanting to use the /s though, it can be annoying when your tone isn’t well conveyed through text when you think it is.