The appointment of Joseph Nocella is seen as an end run around Sen. Chuck Schumer, who sought to block the nomination.

Long Island judge Joseph Nocella Jr. has been appointed by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. attorney’s office in ...

Joseph Nocella, Jr. was sworn in as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, with a tenure to last up to ...

President Trump, facing opposition from New York’s senior senator, will name Joseph Nocella Jr. to do the job on a temporary ...

Nocella’s appointment as an interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York—which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten ...

Nocella, a graduate of Columbia law school, got the nod from Trump on the strength of his ties to county's GOP leader Joseph ...

John Durham has departed as President Donald Trump’s pick takes control of the office. In a May 5 notice, the US Attorney’s ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would block Trump's nominations for U.S. attorney for the Southern and Eastern ...

Schumer’s announcement, sure to rankle Trump, comes after the senator faced backlash last month for pushing through a ...

Schumer, a New York Democrat, is refusing to return his blue slip for the nominations of Jay Clayton to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and Joseph Nocella Jr. to be the lead ...

Schumer, a New York Democrat, is refusing to return his blue slip for the nominations of Jay Clayton to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and Joseph Nocella Jr. to be the ...