Fired Seattle U.S. Attorney Sues Trump Over Removal
July 22, 2026·about 2 hours ago·via The Washington Post

A court-appointed U.S. attorney for Seattle is taking the Trump administration to court over his firing, raising important questions about presidential authority to remove federal prosecutors and the limits of executive power. The lawsuit highlights the tension between a president's legitimate need to staff his administration with loyalists and the independence that federal prosecutors require to do their jobs fairly. Trump has broad authority to remove U.S. Read more about this...