This article originally appeared on theDaily Caller News Foundationand was republished with permission.
Guest post byKatelynn Richardson
The Trump administration fired a court-appointed U.S. Attorney on Wednesday night, hours after judges installed him in the position.
Federal judges in the Northern District of New YorkannouncedDonald T. Kinsella would replace John A. Sarcone III, whose appointment was deemedunlawfulby a judge, as the office’s top prosecutor.
“Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blache wrote Wednesday night on X. “See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
Kinsella received an email from a White House official hours after his private swearing in cermony informing him of his removal,accordingto the New York Times.
“Check your email, Don,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavinowroteon X.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The court’s announcement stated Kinsella “has more than 50 years of experience in complex criminal and civil litigation.”
“Mr. Kinsella prosecuted or defended several high profile federal and state criminal cases in New York. Mr. Kinsella served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1989 until 1998 when he was promoted to Criminal Chief of the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York,” it states. “He held this position until 2002 when he retired from federal service.”
Source: The Vigilant Fox
