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The White House promptly nixed the appointment of an attorney hand-selected by a federal court to serve the Northern District of New York earlier this week, asserting the power to appoint attorneys representing federal districts is vested solely in the president.
“Yesterday the United States District Court appointed a United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, a position that was vacant,” the New York Northern District Court announced on their website Thursday, noting lawyer Donald T. Kinsella’s appointment.
“The Court exercised its authority under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d), which empowers the district court to ‘appoint a United States Attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled,'” the Court said.
The proclamation came after Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield ruled on Jan. 8 that the DOJ’s appointment of attorney John Sarcone III as “special attorney” was unlawful.
Judge Schofield additionally struck down subpoenas served by Sarcone to New York Attorney General Letitia James, saying, “The subpoenas are quashed, and Mr. Sarcone is disqualified from further participation in the underlying investigations.”
Within hours of the Court’s decision on Wednesday, US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Kinsella’s firing, declaring US attorneys are appointed at the president’s discretion.
“Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella,” Blanche wrote on X just hours after the appointment.
Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella. https://t.co/XUYRgaqG2T
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) February 12, 2026
Sarcone reportedly demoted himself to First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, as currently noted on the DOJ website.
The situation is representative of the Deep State activating its entrenched leftist Administrative State networks in desperate, all-out attempts to subvert the Trump administration by any means necessary.
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