But Habba might beat them out the door.
With Senate confirmation for a full term appearing “unlikely” and district judges reviewing a possible extension, Habba already has said goodbye, the Times reported.
Trump’s former defense attorney admitted in a staff meeting last week that she “was unlikely to be appointed by the judges and offered an emotional, pre-emptive farewell,” according to NYT.
That would mean her tenure could end Tuesday.
At least according to the Times’ report, it would be good riddance for the outspoken lawyer who has been a high-profile defender of Trump in court (she represented him on the losing end of two lawsuits brought by writer E. Jean Carroll) and on conservative media.
While in the U.S. attorney’s office, Habba boasted of her access to the White House despite claiming she is “not political,” sources told the newspaper.
Prosecutors “have chafed at her availability to defense lawyers,” the Times wrote, evidenced by her reported meeting with attorneys for a man again convicted of investment fraud after Trump commuted a previous sentence. The problem? Habba did not include prosecutors in the meeting.
Her dissolution of the Civil Rights Division also rankled many, and her vanity was on full display in a conference room that featured three pictures of her even though the space is named for crimefighter Frederick B. Lacey, according to the Times.
“I didn’t go there to break any laws, I didn’t break any laws,” he said. “I was there as the mayor of the city, exercising my right and duty as an elected official, you know, supporting our congresspeople, preparing for a press conference that was supposed to happen there.”
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