WASHINGTON – The Trump administration fired a federal prosecutor on July 15, less than an hour after he was appointed to lead the US attorney’s office in Seattle, a move that sets the stage for a likely legal battle.
Federal judges in the Western District of Washington had unanimously appointed Roger Rogoff to be the Justice Department’s top official there, filling a vacancy that the president has never addressed. But the Trump administration has largely defied attempts by federal judges to fill vacancies, leading to Rogoff’s swift dismissal, via e-mail, after 54 minutes.
