The top federal prosecutor in upstate New York was fired by the White House just hours after federal judges appointed him to the post.

It’s the latest tug-of-war between the Trump administration and the judiciary over President Trump’s efforts to install loyalist U.S. attorneys across the country, skirting approval from both the Senate and the courts.

Veteran prosecutor Donald Kinsella was sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York in a private ceremony Wednesday, according to an announcement from the district court.

Later that evening, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on the social platform X that Kinsella was removed from the role.