Nominees for the job require Senate approval, so technically they could try to make Trump put up someone good. Bondi was nominated when it turned out the Senate wasn’t likely to approve Trump’s first pick, Matt Gaetz.
(Those are three different Trump “appointee” “acting US Attorneys” that the Senate never confirmed and who served illegally: Alina Habba, John Sarcone, and Bill Essayli. At this point I assume there are more, and I just can’t keep up.)
Nominees for the job require Senate approval, so technically they could try to make Trump put up someone good. Bondi was nominated when it turned out the Senate wasn’t likely to approve Trump’s first pick, Matt Gaetz.
In theory…
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-rules-former-trump-lawyer-alina-habba-was-unlawfully-appointed-us-attorney-2025-08-21/
https://abcnews.com/US/judge-trump-appointed-us-attorney-serving-unlawfully/story?id=129056958
https://apnews.com/article/federal-prosecutor-disqualified-los-angeles-trump-669a6ba5c4a5cd6368033f1e31fa931f
(Those are three different Trump “appointee” “acting US Attorneys” that the Senate never confirmed and who served illegally: Alina Habba, John Sarcone, and Bill Essayli. At this point I assume there are more, and I just can’t keep up.)
Shit I forgot about that.