U.S. attorney who served for 54 minutes sues over firing by Trump

The Trump administration has fired several U.S. attorneys appointed by federal judges. Roger Rogoff is the first to sue over being removed.

The U.S. attorney who was fired last week after less than an hour on the job sued the Trump administration Tuesday, arguing he should be allowed to serve until a permanent successor is named.

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Shortly after he was sworn in last week as the top government attorney in the Western District of Washington, Roger Rogoff was informed that President Donald Trump had fired him.

Rogoff, a former judge who also was a state and federal prosecutor, was unanimously appointed by a panel of federal judges to fill the job, in line with federal law, after the position in Seattle had been vacant for months.