'Scared into submission!' Legal experts take victory lap as Trump official resigns
A pair of legal advocates took a victory lap on Monday night after one of President Donald Trump's allies resigned from her office.
During a new episode of the "Norm and Katie's Legal Fight Club" podcast, Norm Eisen, founder of Democracy Defenders Action, and independent journalist Kate Phang discussed the abrupt resignation of Trump’s U.S. attorney in Delaware, Julianne Murray, on Friday. Murray is the former leader of the state Republican Party and was appointed on an interim basis over the summer.
Murray cited the recent ruling from the 3rd Circuit on former interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba's term in her decision to step down, according to The Washington Post.
"We've actually scared people into submission!" Phang said. "She stepped away from the fight because she didn't want to take the heat. She saw what happened to Alina Habba resigned from her position ... who was illegally appointed, and this woman, Julianne Murray, said, 'I'm not going to do this.'"
The Trump administration has been at odds with lawmakers over the president's appointment powers for nearly the entirety of Trump's second term. Trump has tried to reinstall interim appointees like Habba in key posts to bypass the Senate confirmation process.
Democracy Defenders Action has been leading the charge to oust Trump's illegally appointed "cronies," Eisen said.
"Donald Trump doesn't get to appoint whoever he wants," Eisen said.