A dramatic showdown unfolds as Attorney General Pam Bondi cites "rogue judges" in axing Desiree Leigh Grace, igniting a constitutional clash over presidential power. The Justice Department on Tuesday fired Desiree Leigh Grace as the newly appointed U.

The Trump administration opened a new front in its war with the courts this week — and fired a veteran federal prosecutor in the process — in a dramatic tussle over the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office.