White House Fires Interim US Attorney in New York Hours After Judicial Selection

The White House on Feb. 11 terminated the newly appointed interim U.S. attorney for New York’s Northern District just hours after federal judges chose him to fill the vacancy. Donald T. Kinsella, 79, who served as a longtime federal prosecutor and as a criminal chief in the Justice Department, was sworn in during a private ceremony. The appointment by a panel of Northern District judges comes after a court ruling that the previous acting U.S. attorney, John A. Sarcone III, had been serving unlawfully. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the firing on social media. “Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution,” Blanche said in a post on X. “You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”...