A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's strategy of leaving interim prosecutors in place to lead U.S. attorney's offices, marking the second such decision against circumventing congressional approval.

Prosecutors have reportedly left the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, expressing anger over the cases they were instructed to bring against protesters and immigrants.

Thomas LeGro, a former journalist for The Washington Post, has pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography possession, as announced by the U.S. Attorney's office.