Trump DOJ pushes ‘terrifying’ theory in court that could gut congressional power: report

Attorneys for the Justice Department are pushing a novel theory in federal court that would effectively grant the Trump administration the ability to circumvent Congress in its appointments to federal agencies, a theory that one attorney described as “terrifying,” Politico reported Friday evening.

That novel theory was argued Friday by DOJ attorney Mark Coyne, who was defending Attorney General Pam Bondi’s authority to make temporary appointments to the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office.