We already discussed the Trump administration's illegal firing of the unanimously appointed US Attorney Roger Rogoff for the Western District of Washington here, whom Trump axed in less than an hour after he was appointed. Ricardo Martinez, who was appointed by ex-President George W. Bush, was the first judge assigned to the case — but reportedly recused himself. The case then passed to US District Court Judge Stanley Bastian in Washington, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama and stated ahead of the 2020 election that Trump was using the U.S. Trump’s DOJ was none too pleased by his assignment in the Rogoff case, and filed a motion demanding it be reassigned or that Bastian recuse himself. The motion also stated that Trump and the DOJ “provide no binding authority that would require recusal.”