But the situation is a bit too serious.
But it really does look like adults trying to correct a child who refuses to take any of the hints.
Federal judges in Albany, New York, appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday, exercising a rarely invoked legal authority to appoint top prosecutors in regions without a Senate-confirmed nominee.
Their choice lasted less than five hours on the job.
Donald T. Kinsella, a 79-year-old former prosecutor and registered Republican, was summarily fired via an email from the White House later that evening, Justice Department officials said. [WaPo]
The President has the responsibility to nominate prosecutors acceptable to the Senate. Trump is, as always, falling down on the job, frantically insistent that he have loyalists in important, dangerous offices, even when they’re rejected by both Senate and the Judiciary. His problem?
The Jan. 8 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield made Sarcone the latest prosecutor appointed by the Trump administration to be found to be improperly in their position. Judges have issued similar rulings against top federal prosecutors in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Virginia. [syracuse.com]
Can you guess?
Yep. Fourth-raters he can trust, but the first and second-raters who would be nominated for such offices will not work for Trump. They know he’s a corrupt bully who, everyone hopes, will soon go down in flames so we can get back to the serious business of governance.
