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Posted on 02/11/2026 10:06:30 PM PST by 11th_VA
President Donald Trump’s administration fired a U.S. attorney on Wednesday, hours after he was appointed by federal judges.
Donald Kinsella was appointed the U.S. attorney in New York’s Northern District in place of John A. Sarcone III, who left his post as the acting U.S. attorney after a judge blocked Sarcone from any further involvement in the investigation of New York Attorney General Letitia James, claiming he was not lawfully serving in the office at the time the subpoenas were issued in the case.
Within hours of Kinsella’s appointment, the new U.S attorney recived an email from a White House official, who claimed Kinsella was being removed from his post. Kinsella told The New York Times that he was unsure whether the email could legally constitute his firing, claiming he would speak to the district judges who appointed him before taking any steps.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, seemed to feel the email did carry legal weight. Blanche replied to a post that broke the news, written by a reporter at the TimesUnion who first reported the story. He claimed that Kinsella was officially “fired.”
“Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution,” Blanche wrote. “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
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Judges are also not the bossed of any of the other 2 branches.
There’s a lot of judges who seem to think they’re above the President of the United States. I guess legislating from the bench just isn’t enough anymore.
How can he be legally fired when he was never legally appointed?
You can’t be both an impartial judges and appoint the prosecutor. Seperation of powers is at the heart of the founders constitutional design.
Article III judges cannot appoint counsel to the Article I executive who appears before the judges. That is an obvious conflict of interest. Imagine if judges could decide who the ACLU’s lawyers should be in cases before them.
Are prosecutors required to be approved by the senate?
for some reason, i have this image of the Whitehouse with a huge arm holding a fly swatter slamming down on Kinsella.
“You’re FIRED !!”
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Are prosecutors required to be approved by the senate?
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Yes, and that’s why the Left can play games with the appointments. Rather than defer to the president’s discretion on choice, they use Senate procedure to hold his appointments hostage. Now, a new phenomena has entered the picture where liberal judges act as determiner of who the president can even appoint on an interim basis.
I know that it's a fantasy - but I can't help imagining his office-mates and coworkers nonetheless holding a sad "going-away" party for him - replete with little heart-felt speeches and such.
"I'll never forget how excited we all were to learn that Don was to be elevated to this exalted position - after all, it was only, like, half a day ago!"Regards,"I'd like to thank Don for all his... hours... of hard work and dedication!"
Was a law passed regarding someone other than the president selecting interim prosecutors? That seems unconstitutional.
“Trump Admin Fires U.S. Attorney Within Hours Of His Appointment”
Boss move. President Trump is all about restoring executive branch power from the deep state. I approve.
“Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.”
This is the constitutional authority for congress to authorize the courts to appoint us prosecutors. Apparently a law was passed to that effect.
Of course the president can fire them.
Why doesn’t President Trump fire the judges?
Yup.
He was appointed, so he can be removed by POTUS.
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