If this was federal land with a federal building I could imagine some legal opinion that lets them be fire traps outside the jurisdiction of the city, but just because the federal government leases a facility doesn’t make it then an exclusively federal building.
A law degree and being elected DA for a random county in NY doesn’t make you qualified any more than managing a corner store qualifies you to be the CEO of Walmart. It’s not just the passage of time that makes her unqualified.
And yeah, they have a whole (racist lie) mantra about how hiring anyone who’s not white is denying society the benefit of a more qualified white man, but literally all their hires are not just temperamentally unsuited to the job, but unqualified and incompetent. You can’t select for absolute loyalty to a senile imbecile and also for merit. They can still be plenty evil, especially when no aspect of civil society seems to be willing to stop them, but if they were competent it would be so much worse.
Oh it’s a complete joke. She’s not remotely qualified for the position, but Trump watches her on TV. Also her previous “judge” position was elected. She didn’t go through any kind of hearing or confirmation, just said political things that the voters liked.
It’s a real job. It’s a little weird because it’s actually for Washington, D.C., which is just a city, but a very important city that gets controlled by the federal government in a lot of ways.
Edit: To clarify, she wouldn’t be in court arguing cases, but will be making decisions and managing prosecutors.
He was suspended, not fired.
It’s so late in the process for them to be tiptoeing around with “inclined to” and temporary pauses.