A federal judge disqualified President Trump's pick for chief federal prosecutor in Los Angeles from several cases after finding he is serving in the temporary post unlawfully.

U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled Tuesday that Bill Essayli, acting U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, should have left the position by the end of July, when the clock on his 120-day interim term ran out.

He's the third Trump appointee whose overstay has been rebuked as the administration struggles to confirm its appointees through the traditional congressional approval process.

"Simply stated: Essayli unlawfully assumed the role of Acting United States Attorney for the Central District of California," the judge wrote.

It was not immediately clear what the actual effect of the ord

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