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The Trump administration employed a shady strategy to ensure it got the Trump-friendly U.S. attorneys it wanted, thanks to a legal "loophole," according to MSNBC's Jen Psaki.

The "blatant" end-run around normal proceedings began with Trump loyalist and personal attorney Alina Habba, who Trump named interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey for a period of 120 days, as stipulated by law.

"After that 120 days were up, judges for the federal district court in New Jersey chose another prosecutor to replace Habba," who was considered unqualified for the position, Psaki wrote....

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is employing a tactic previously used by the GOP as he holds up the confirmation process for one of President Donald Trump U.S. attorney nominees, according to Politico.

The ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced this week that he was putting a hold on Jason Reding Quiñones's nomination for the Southern District of Florida, and might do the same with other Trump nominees.

"In doing so, Durbin would create a procedural hurdle that would likely slow Quiñones’ confirmation at a time when the Trump administration has yet to confirm any U.S. attorney nominees in the Senate," the article said....