A week after the DOJ pushed back against criminal defendants seeking the disqualification of yet another Trump administration acting U.S. attorney, challengers have asked a federal judge to find that Bilal "Bill" Essayli cannot be the top prosecutor for the Central District of California, especially not after his "absurd," "bizarre," and even puzzling arguments.

The Friday filing on behalf of criminal defendants Ismael Garcia, Jr., and Jaime Hector Ramirez began by calling the DOJ's opposition to Essayli's disqualification "a handbook for circumventing the protections that the Constitution and Congress built against the limitless, unaccountable handpicking of temporary officials" by President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who have multiple times filled U.S. attorneys'

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