You're Fired: Trump Boots Blue State Judges' Pick for US Attorney in Under an Hour

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By Teri Christoph

The brand-new U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington found out the hard way Wednesday that President Trump (almost) always gets his man (or woman). Roger Rogoff, a former King County Superior Court judge, had just been sworn in and was making his way to his new office when he received an email from the president telling him he had been terminated. His services were no longer necessary.

Rogoff reportedly held the position for less than an hour, which could be a new record.

The problem for Rogoff is that he wasn't Trump's man at all and had only been sworn in after 17 federal judges in the deeply leftist district banded together and appointed him. Trump's actual man, Charles Neil Floyd, served as interim U.S. attorney from October of 2025 through February of 2026, when the interim period expired.

Since then, Floyd has performed the duties of U.S. attorney while holding the title of First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington.

EXCLUSIVE: Drama unfolding at the @TheJusticeDept in Seattle. Federal judges here appointed their own U.S. Attorney since Democrats blocked @POTUS' pick, Neil Floyd. The choice of judges, Democrat Roger Rogoff, showed up this morning at 8am to try to take over the office. 30 minutes later, his phone rang and the @WhiteHouse fired him. Trump's pick, Neil Floyd remains the de facto U.S. Attorney in Seattle.

President Trump's fight to get his U.S. attorney candidates into office during his second administration has been a tough and frustrating one, having run headlong into the roadblock of a meager Republican advantage in the Senate. Many of his picks have had their nominations languish there far past their interim appointments. 

U.S. attorneys, who serve as the Justice Department’s chief federal prosecutors in each district, are normally nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Federal law allows the attorney general to name an interim U.S. attorney for 120 days. If that period expires without a confirmed nominee, district judges may appoint someone to serve until the vacancy is filled.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took time out of his confirmation hearing to become the next Attorney General to confirm the president had every right to remove Rogoff.

District court judges can appoint a temporary U.S. Attorney, and POTUS can fire them. WDWA judges abandoned the time-honored process of consultation with the administration so that the selected U.S. Attorney is qualified to serve in the administration. 

Roger Rogoff has been fired by the President.

In the high-stakes game of President Trump getting the guy or gal he wants in the appointed position he wants them in, it's probably wise not to bet against him. The man is tenacious, and the businessman mentality that often defines him is more than happy to play the long game and get creative when required.

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