U.S. attorney layoffs could open the door to Eastern District job for Aidala
Arthur Aidala has been under consideration for the job of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in recent weeks, but his chances likely improved on Friday when President Donald Trump asked for the resignation of 46 U.S. attorneys.
It was no secret that Trump eventually planned to replace U.S. Attorney Robert Capers in the Eastern District and on Feb. 28, Aidala, a Fox News personality and immediate past president of the Brooklyn Bar Association, was named in the New York Law Journal as a possible replacement.
However, Aidala was hardly a lock for the position when other names out there included James McGovern; Todd Harrison, who worked at the Eastern District U.S. Attorney’s Office from 2002 to 2008; and Marc Mukasey, a former federal prosecutor who worked in the Southern District’s Manhattan office.