The Trump regime’s refusal to seek Senate confirmation for U.S. Attorney appointments has not received the attention it should. The latest development is in Seattle. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle 1/ #LawFedi
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U.S. Attorneys are the chief federal prosecutors for their districts. They wield enormous power. They decide whether to prosecute somebody, what charges to bring. They have the ability to destroy lives with these decisions. If they don’t conduct themselves ethically, intelligently, and professionally there can be no rule of law in the federal courts. 2/
As with his U.S. Attorney General nominations and appointments, including acting appointment (Todd Blanche), Trump has been putting in corrupt hacks as acting U.S. Attorneys, and then never seeking Senate confirmation for them. When these acting appointments expire, the federal judges for their district are by law empowered and obligated to appoint a U.S. Attorney. 3/
This has happened in multiple districts. But the Trump regime keeps firing the U.S. Attorneys appointed by the federal judges and trying to keep Trump-appointed acting U.S. Attorneys in the job, in an effort to have the federal prosecutorial system under Trump’s exclusive control, no check from the Senate. This is part of Trump’s war on separation of powers, including on the judiciary. Courts cannot do justice if the government is represented by corrupt hacks. 4/
Those of us who have been applauding federal district judges for doing their utmost to uphold rule of law must realize the threat to their efforts from Trump’s ongoing dismantling of a professional, ethical U.S. Attorney corp. I know it isn’t the sort of blatant, graphic power grab or physical violence that can get people into the streets. But people SHOULD be in the streets over this. 5/5
