Firing of top prosecutor in Seattle tests limits of Trump’s power

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The Trump administration’s latest firing of a U.S. attorney is intensifying the Justice Department’s assertion of presidential control over prosecutorial picks. Roger Rogoff was sacked Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle after a panel of 17 judges appointed him. The firing made good on the warning from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that the…

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