Trump administration appoints Croton's John Sarcone as a "special attorney" after a panel of judges declined to reappoint him as U.S. Attorney for NY's Northern District.

Sarcone will get another 210 days as acting U.S. Attorney.

Yesterday, when we asked Croton attorney John Sarcone III to comment on the refusal by a panel of federal judges to reappoint him as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, he sent us the above quote by Mark Twain.

Now we know what he meant. According to upstate New York media, the Trump administration has appointed Sarcone again, this time as a “special attorney” for another 210 days (his previous interim appointment by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was for 120 days.)

As Syracuse.com noted in its report on the news, Sarcone will continue in effect as acting U.S. Attorney for the district. The publication notes:

It’s rare for the Justice Department to reappoint someone who has been removed by federal judges, said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond who tracks U.S. attorney and judicial nominations.

“This administration doesn’t care about pleasing judges, but the court has spoken and said we do not want him,” Tobias said of Sarcone. “The least courtesy (Attorney General) Pam Bondi could have given the judges is to appoint anybody else.”

The administration’s move will be welcomed by Sarcone’s fans in Croton, where his family has deep roots, although his detractors will of course not be happy. Sarcone is well known for his sharp attacks on Democrats and his distinctly conservative politics.

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