People are under-reacting to the news of the unilateral installation of Trump cronies to run the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York US Attorney’s offices.

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) January 4, 2018

At 120 days this vacancy gets kicked to local district court, which can choose to keep or replace the person (see (d): https://t.co/IN9exDun1P ).

That “only 120 days” allows Sessions’ loayalists complete visibility into a swathe of *sensitive* law enforcement investigations.

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) January 5, 2018

That means:

* Felix Sater - EDNY
* Kushner - EDNY
* Zarrab/Atilla/Erdogan - SDNY
* Kushner - SDNY
* Trump Org - SDNY
* Various Russian oligarchs - SDNY
* Manafort - EDNY

and much much more!

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) January 5, 2018

There are literally no direct checks and balances for 120 days.

SHORT RUN: We need the Senate to leverage other business to force re-installation of a career prosecutor.

LONG RUN: Fix the broken Federal Vacancies Reform Act.

— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) January 5, 2018