Rogoff out again: Federal appeals court halts reinstatement of US Attorney fired by Trump

SEATTLE—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sunday, October 4, granted the DOJ an administrative stay, pausing a district court order that had blocked President Donald J Trump’s firing of Roger Rogoff and restored him as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. The order, issued by Clerk of Court Molly […]
Trump nominates Pete Serrano for US attorney in western WA

OLYMPIA [Jerry Cornfield] — In an unexpected move, President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Pete Serrano, a former state attorney general candidate from Pasco, to be the next U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. Serrano now leads the federal prosecutor’s office in eastern Washington in his dual roles of first assistant U.S. attorney and special attorney to […]