If federal judges refuse to extend Trump’s interim appointees, as they did in New Jersey by replacing Alina Habba with Desiree Leigh Grace, Trump should immediately direct the Department of Justice to appoint a Special Attorney to the Attorney General in that district. This move would allow him to reinsert Habba or another trusted ally into the U.S. Attorney’s Office with significant prosecutorial authority, bypassing the need for Senate confirmation. While it would not officially replace Grace, it would create a parallel power structure capable of steering high-priority investigations and neutralizing resistance. Trump should just replicate this strategy in every single jurisdiction where judges or Democratic senators try to block his nominees. It is a legal and strategic end run around judicial interference that ensures his agenda is carried out through the Justice Department regardless of partisan obstruction.
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