U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a "Champion of Coal" event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
"Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella," Blanche wrote.
In a Thursday statement, the court noted, "Yesterday the United States District Court appointed a United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, a position that was vacant."
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John A. Sarcone III on Monday, April 28, 2025, in the U.S. Attorney's Office at the James T. Foley Federal Courthouse in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
Kinsella was tapped to succeed John Sarcone III after a judge declared in January that he was serving in the role of acting U.S. attorney illegally, according to NBC News.
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The outlet said U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield ruled that the Department of Justice took improper action to keep Sarcone in the role past the 120-day limit for U.S. attorneys who the Senate has not confirmed. He demoted himself to first assistant attorney while awaiting an appeal of the judge's decision, the outlet added.
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