That was quick.
A board of judges for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York chose Donald T. Kinsella to serve as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York.
On Wednesday, Kinsella was sworn in.
Before the end of the day, he was fired by the Trump administration.
A statement from the court announced:
“Pursuant to 28 U.S. Code § 546(d), the Board of Judges for the Northern District of New York appointed Donald T. Kinsella as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.”
“Donald T. Kinsella has more than 50 years of experience in complex criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Kinsella prosecuted or defended several high profile federal and state criminal cases in New York. Mr. Kinsella served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1989 until 1998 when he was promoted to Criminal Chief of the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. He held this position until 2002 when he retired from federal service.”
“Mr. Kinsella is a past President of the Federal Court Bar Association of the Northern District of New York; a former member of the Executive Committee of the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association; and was a Member of the Practitioners Advisory Committee of the United States Sentencing Commission.”