{"id":2504136,"date":"2025-10-29T00:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-disqualifies-trump-appointed-us-attorney-for-unlawfully-serving-in-role\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:18:15","slug":"judge-disqualifies-trump-appointed-us-attorney-for-unlawfully-serving-in-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-disqualifies-trump-appointed-us-attorney-for-unlawfully-serving-in-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney for unlawfully serving in role"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-disqualifies-trump-appointed-us-attorney-for-unlawfully-serving-in-role%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504136&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has ruled that Bill essayli, a Trump-appointed acting U.S. Attorney in Southern California, was serving unlawfully after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/habbas-us-attorney-appointment-faces-uphill-battle\/\" title=\"Habba\u2019s US ... appointment faces uphill battle\">interim term expired<\/a>, disqualifying him from overseeing multiple cases. Trump had extended essayli&#8217;s tenure beyond the 120-day limit without Senate confirmation, a tactic used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-to-force-recorded-vote-on-biden-nominee-accused-of-lying-to-congress-about-iran-deal\/\" title=\"Cruz To Force Recorded Vote on Biden Nominee Accused of Lying to Congress About Iran Deal\">avoid congressional oversight<\/a>. Judge J. Michael Seabright of the Federal district Court in hawaii confirmed that Essayli cannot continue in the acting U.S. Attorney role but allowed him to remain as the top deputy, or first assistant U.S. Attorney. This ruling follows similar decisions against other Trump-appointed U.S. Attorneys serving past their interim periods without proper authorization. Critics argue these actions by the Trump administration deliberately circumvent constitutional safeguards and congressional approval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge disqualifies Trump-appointed US attorney for unlawfully serving in role<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2386138\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-slam-nominee-for-top-defense-post\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Slam Nominee for Top Defense Post\">federal judge ruled<\/a> that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a>-appointed acting U.S. Attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3485680\/trump-extends-tenure-la-prosecutor-bill-essayli\/\">Bill Essayli<\/a> in Southern California was serving in his position unlawfully, disqualifying him from overseeing multiple cases.<\/p>\n<p>Wary of having to send his appointments through Congress, Trump has relied on loyalists appointed as temporary U.S. attorneys to crack down on crime and immigration. Essayli was one of those attorneys in an important jurisdiction. The former state legislator has stayed on as U.S. attorney since resigning from the interim role on July 29 due to his 120-day limit expiring, but has stayed to prosecute cases. On Tuesday, Judge J. Michael Seabright of the Federal District Court in Hawaii disqualified Essayli from overseeing any more cases in the role, siding with defendants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866786\/judge-orders-daily-court-appearances-top-border-patrol-official\/\">Judge orders daily court appearances from top Border Patrol official, setting up potential clash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">FBI Arctic Frost investigation targeted 160 Republican operatives, lawmakers in search of election crimes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866755\/doj-reviewing-biden-autopen-use-after-house-gop-investigation\/\">DOJ reviewing Biden&rsquo;s autopen use after House GOP investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Seabright ruled that Essayli &ldquo;is not lawfully serving as acting United States Attorney&rdquo; and &ldquo;cannot continue to perform any role&rdquo; that job entails.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >result wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t all bad for the Trump ally. The judge ruled that Essayli could continue as the top deputy of the office as first assistant U.S. attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Windsor, one of the private attorneys leading the challenge to Essayli&rsquo;s position, complained that Trump was sidestepping congressional oversight with his actions around U.S. attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are trying to get around congressional oversight,&rdquo; he said during the hearing in Los Angeles, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/28\/us\/us-attorney-bill-essayli-los-angeles-ruling.html\">reported<\/a>. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that this court can avoid the conclusion that this really is an intentional, knowing, deliberate attempt to circumvent some of the key safeguards within our Constitution and that it deserves the most extreme remedy that this court can fashion in order to deter that conduct,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3485680\/trump-extends-tenure-la-prosecutor-bill-essayli\/\">TRUMP EXTENDS TENURE OF LA PROSECUTOR BEFORE END OF INTERIM ROLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seabright said defendants were justified in finding the ruling &ldquo;little remedy at all,&rdquo; agreeing that Trump&rsquo;s Department of Justice was circumventing the law&rsquo;s intent, but that he was constrained &ldquo;to apply the statutes as written.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Essayli&rsquo;s fate has befallen other Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys &mdash; judges ruled that U.S. attorney of Nevada, Sigal Chattah, was serving in her position illegally in September after the interim term expired, while another judge ruled the same with U.S. attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba, in August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge removes Trump-appointed US attorney for unlawful service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2504137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25155652918148.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35824,4151,38118,3634,33577],"class_list":["post-2504136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-disqualification","tag-judiciary","tag-legal-controversy","tag-trump","tag-us-attorney"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25155652918148.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504140,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504136\/revisions\/2504140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}