There's a statute that says when there's a vacancy, the DOJ can put an interim prosecutor in for 120 days. That 120 days had passed. And after 120 days, Only the district court judges in a district can approve somebody to be the U.S. attorney [after 120 days]. An article in the National Review, hardly a liberal publication, earlier this week said you can't put a new interim in to do your bidding once the 120 day period has passed. (03:45–03:52)
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Asserts that district court judges must approve U.S. attorney appointments after the interim period.
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