On Wednesday, July 16th, 2026, Attorney Roger Rogoff was sworn in shortly before 8 a.m. Pacific Time as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington in downtown Seattle. However, within less than an hour of his appointment, President Donald Trump fired Rogoff. Rogoff told The Associated Press that he received an email from the Trump administration informing him of his dismissal.

This sudden firing came hours after Rogoff's appointment, marking an unusually swift change in the federal prosecutor position for the region.

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