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Lawyer fired by Trump White House after 54 minutes files lawsuit (www.nine.com.au)

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Despite the unanimous appointment by the judges, he was fired via email from the White House less than an hour after it was announced.

The office is now being run by the first assistant US attorney, Charles Neil Floyd.

In his lawsuit, Rogoff wrote that Floyd was “the president’s chosen pick”.

But in spite of this, Floyd has not been nominated for the US attorney position and thus, not confirmed by the Senate.

In the narrowly divided Senate, nominees can be forced to answer awkward or difficult questions.

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[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

In the narrowly divided Senate, nominees can be forced to answer awkward or difficult questions.

lol imagine being held accountable for your views and actions before becoming a critical piece of the justice system🤯

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This is a little more nuanced than I thought. Trump is avoiding vetting by his appointment of the acting dude. Good to know.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

He did this in the first term as well - float a guy as acting whatever, then just shovel them out the door when someone says "hey why is this sketchy dude an AG".

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

Next person who gets in like this needs to spend their 54 minutes demoting or firing any administration lackies in the line of succession.