Colorado acting U.S. attorney close to getting job

Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer can officially drop the “acting” from his title thanks to an appointment this week by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that sets up a scenario under which he could get the position permanently if President Donald Trump hasn’t nominated a replacement in the next three months.

Sessions appointed Troyer — who has served as Colorado’s acting U.S. attorney for more than a year — to the role in the interim.

If Trump does not nominate a replacement for Troyer in the next 120 days, the U.S. District Court in Colorado is tasked with making the interim job a permanent one — or at least until Trump makes a nomination that is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Trump has come under fire for being slow to nominate people to fill federal posts across the U.S. But in the past several weeks, he has begun to fill crucial open positions in Colorado.

He nominated Daniel D. Domenico, Colorado’s former solicitor general, to fill an open slot on the state’s federal bench in September, and on Friday, David Weaver, a Douglas County commissioner, was tapped to serve as Colorado’s U.S. marshal.

Doug Benevento, a utility executive who led the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, last month was named regional head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Troyer became acting U.S. attorney for Colorado when his predecessor, Barack Obama nominee John Walsh, stepped down in August 2016.

Troyer also has been appointed to the National Crime Gun Intelligence Governing Board, becoming the first federal prosecutor to serve on the panel.