"The Justice Department's war with the judiciary over US Attorneys continues to escalate, with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche gleefully pouring gas on the flames. This week's conflagration involves the Northern District of New York, which has been officially rudderless since January 8, when Judge Lorna Schofield disqualified John Sarcone, III as acting US Attorney. She also quashed the subpoenas he'd issued to New York Attorney General Letitia James over fraud prosecutions of Trump"
"including appointing said cronies as special attorneys invested with all the power of a US Attorney (wink, wink). Courts have uniformly rejected this attempt to evade the requirement of Senate confirmation, and eventually Trump's personal lawyers Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan quit pretending to be prosecutors and wandered off. The executive and judiciary have reached an uneasy detente, where Bondi leaves said crony in charge as the First Assistant US Attorney, absent the prestige and job title."
The Justice Department has engaged in escalating conflict with the judiciary over control of US Attorneys' offices. The Northern District of New York has been without a confirmed leader since Judge Lorna Schofield disqualified John Sarcone III and quashed subpoenas tied to fraud probes of Trump and the NRA. The Senate blue slip rule blocks confirmations in many Democratic states, prompting the DOJ to install unconfirmed political allies as special attorneys, a tactic courts have rejected. Some judges have used 28 U.S.C. §546(d) to appoint career prosecutors, producing a fragile detente and ongoing institutional friction.
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