2026-07-16
Reports that Trump fired the U.S. attorney in Seattle shortly after he was appointed to the role by federal judges.
Judges on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington had appointed Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney in Seattle. But he was fired shortly after.
Reports that Trump fired the newly appointed Seattle prosecutor less than an hour after his swearing-in, citing details from Rogoff and the Associated Press.
The Trump administration’s latest firing of a U.S. attorney is intensifying the Justice Department’s assertion of presidential control over prosecutorial picks. Roger Rogoff was sacked Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle after a panel of 17 judges appointed him. The firing made good…
President Trump fires the new top prosecutor in Seattle in the latest spat between the president and U.S. courts.
President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between the courts and the president over the powerful positions.
President Trump on Wednesday fired U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff, hours after he was appointed as the top federal prosecutor in the Western District of Washington state. Rogoff was sworn in shortly before 8 a.m. PCT in downtown Seattle, but he told The Associated Press that he received an email from t…
Frames the firing as a swift and justified assertion of presidential authority against what it characterizes as improper action by local judges.
The Trump Justice Department dismissed the newly appointed US attorney for western Washington state less than an hour after he was sworn in.
The Trump administration stood its ground Wednesday against a blatant judicial overreach, swiftly firing a court-appointed federal prosecutor in Seattle less than an hour after he took the oath of office. The decisive move firmly reestablished that the President — not local judges — runs the Execut…
President Trump's administration fired Roger Rogoff, who had been appointed U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington (Seattle), shortly after he was sworn in. The appointment was made by judges of the U.S. District Court, and the firing occurred within a very short time of his taking office on Wednesday.
The left and center outlets report the firing in largely factual terms, emphasizing the timing relative to the court appointment. The center adds specific detail sourced to Rogoff and the AP. The right frames the firing as a justified response to alleged judicial overreach, casting the administration's move as a reassertion of presidential authority over the executive branch, while the other sides do not editorialize on the merits.
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