A U.S. Department of Justice maneuver last month to retain Ryan Ellison as New Mexico's U.S. Attorney circumvented the law, according to a federal public defender who wants Ellison and other federal prosecutors in the state to be disqualified from participating in criminal prosecutions.

The motion, filed by assistant federal public defender Buck Glanz in a pending criminal assault case, seeks a U.S. District Court ruling on the controversial legal issue that is allowing U.S. Attorney appointees of the Trump administration here and elsewhere to serve without the traditional consent of the U.S. Senate or appointment by the judiciary.

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