Senator Whitehouse describes him as a MAGA stooge with neither the qualifications nor temperament for this position
Read Katherine Gregg's story on him: Charles Calenda to be sworn in as interim US Attorney for RI.Calenda's appointment is opposed by both of Rhode Island's Senators, with Sen. Whitehouse describing Calenda's appointment like this:
“Despite good-faith efforts at a bipartisan nomination process with the Trump White House, the MAGA Department of Justice insisted on a MAGA stooge with neither the qualifications nor temperament for this position. There will be no blue slip and we will be rid of him soon enough.”