According to court documents, a judge has approved a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Roger Rogoff as US attorney for the Western District of Washington.
Documents show that less than an hour after Rogoff began his job in October of 2025, he received an email informing him that the president was removing him.
According to court documents, the injunction sets the precedent that while a U.S. president can remove people from some executive positions, he cannot fire people he did not appoint. Rogoff was appointed by the Senate.
In October of 2025, Trump ordered Charles Floyd, a former attorney with the Department of Homeland Security, an immigration judge, and most recently Special Counsel to ICE, to fill Rogoff’s position.
The judge’s injunction orders that Rogoff be treated as though he has not left his position; however, Floyd has served in that office for over a year, and the order does not specify how this would change operations until the court reaches a final ruling.
KIRO 7 reached out to Floyd’s office for comment and was directed to contact the Department of Justice. The DOJ had not responded when this article was published.