Former Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba is all but certain to be headed for the door next week leaving behind portraits of herself on the walls and disgruntled staffers after her brief stint as a U.S. attorney comes to an end.According to a report from the New York Times, her appointment as the U.S...

Former Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba is all but certain to be headed for the door next week leaving behind portraits of herself on the walls and disgruntled staffers after her brief stint as a U.S. attorney comes to an end.

According to a report from the New York Times, her appointment as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey on an interim basis began in “chaos” and is now drawing to a close, with employees looking forward to her departure while also considering leaving too.

Habba’s appointment as a the U.S. attorney was derailed by both of New Jersey’s Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, limiting her to a 120-day term in office.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Historically, the Senate has a tradition where the Senators from the state submit a “blue slip” with their opinions on it. If they don’t submit one, it can delay a hearing or kill the nomination. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_slip_(U.S._Senate)

    Whether it matters changes all the time — see the history part of the Wikipedia article’s History section — but other Senators want theirs respected so sometimes it does. If nothing else, it can give a Senator who doesn’t want the nominee cover from bucking party leadership.