{"id":26725,"date":"2025-12-14T01:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T01:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=26725"},"modified":"2025-12-14T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T01:16:14","slug":"trump-appointed-attorney-for-delaware-abruptly-quits-cites-flawed-blue-slip-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=26725","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Appointed Attorney For Delaware Abruptly Quits, Cites Flawed \u2018Blue Slip\u2019 Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump\u2019s U.S. attorney in Delaware has stepped down following a court ruling that found Alina Habba was unlawfully serving as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

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Julianne Murray, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, submitted her resignation on Friday. In a public statement, Murray defended her tenure and emphasized that she had not acted to advance political interests while in office,\u00a0the Washington Examiner reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI naively believed that I would be judged on my performance and not politics. Unfortunately, that was not the case,\u201d Murray wrote, blaming the \u201chighly politicized, flawed blue slip tradition\u201d for cutting her interim tenure short.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSenator Coons and Senator Blunt Rochester refused to return a blue slip for political reasons, not performance reasons,\u201d she added. \u201cThis is not about advice and consent. Because of this incredibly flawed tradition, I wasn\u2019t even considered by the Judiciary Committee, let alone the entire Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murray, a former chairwoman of the Delaware Republican Party,\u00a0referenced the ruling<\/a>\u00a0that led to Habba\u2019s removal in explaining her own decision to resign. She said stepping down was necessary to preserve confidence in the rule of law and the integrity of the Justice Department\u2019s appointment process.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStability and protecting the integrity of our investigations is my only focus. I cannot in good conscience allow my office to become a political football. The employees of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Delaware are dedicated, hard-working people that should be able to do their work without this distraction,\u201d she wrote, before endorsing her successor, Ben Wallace, as \u201cthe only person\u201d she would like to see fulfill the role if she\u2019s unable to do so.<\/p>\n

Murray stated that she would keep working for the Justice Department in another role, and then concluded with a tone of defiance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe people that think they have chased me away will soon find out that they are mistaken,\u201d Murray concluded. \u201cI did not get here by being a shrinking violet. God has a plan, and my faith gives me the comfort that I do not need to know what that plan is. Onward.\u201d<\/p>\n