Former US attorney sues Trump administration after being fired an hour after being appointed

client “shall serve ‘until the vacancy is filled’ by a Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney,” according to federal statute.

“But no person has yet been nominated, let alone confirmed, to fill the vacancy,” his lawyers wrote in the complaint.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, who is facing a Senate confirmation vote of his own, defended Trump’s move continue reading …