Overview

• Her 120-day interim appointment ends next Tuesday with no path to Senate confirmation.
• Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim have vowed to block her full nomination and Senate Republicans have offered tepid support.
• Federal judges in the District of New Jersey reportedly prefer First Assistant U.S. Attorney Desiree Grace or former Judge Noel Lawrence Hillman over retaining Habba.
• If the judges take no action, Grace will automatically step in as interim U.S. attorney for up to 210 days.
• Habba’s tenure exemplifies a Trump-era use of interim appointments to place loyalists in DOJ roles, raising concerns about politicization.