(July 16, 2025 at 8:21 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant
Quote:President Trump’s embattled interim U.S. attorney in Albany, N.Y., is back leading the office under an unusual new title, just days after a panel of judges refused to appoint him to lead the office permanently.
According to a letter from the Justice Department’s human resources division, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, John A. Sarcone III has been named “special attorney to the attorney general.” The appointment, the letter says, gives him the powers of a U.S. attorney, and is “indefinite.”
The move means that Mr. Sarcone is the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, according to a spokesman for the office, as well as its first assistant. It is unclear how Mr. Sarcone could occupy two positions at once.
The White House does not have sole power to appoint U.S. attorneys, who must be confirmed by senators, or even to keep interim U.S. attorneys in place for more than 120 days. Mr. Sarcone’s appointment as a special attorney appears to be a workaround, one that could potentially allow Mr. Trump to keep his pick in place without approval from Congress or the judiciary.
“I’ve never heard of that being done,” said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, adding: “It seems like they’re making this up as they go along.”
Though Mr. Trump is still in the first year of his second term, no U.S. attorneys have been confirmed by the Senate. In his first term, all 85 of Mr. Trump’s nominees for U.S. attorney were confirmed by the chamber; so far in his second term, he has formally nominated only about a quarter of that number, leaving far more interim officials in place.
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Well...yeah.
Boru
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