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to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Well,
I
guess,
I
cannot.
—
Henry
Whitaker,
counselor
to
the
attorney
general,
in
response
to
a
question
asked
by
a
judge
during
arguments
before
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for
the
Third
Circuit,
concerning
Alina
Habba’s
controverial
designation
as
interim
US
attorney
and
then
acting
US
attorney
by
Donald
Trump,
which
circumvented
Senate
confirmation
and
judicial
appointment
processes.
Whitaker
was
asked
whether
Habba’s
designation
was
“consistent
with
longstanding
practice”
of
the
Justice
Department,
and
later
asked
whether
he
could
provide
any
similar
examples
of
US
attorney
appointments
akin
to
that
of
Habba’s.
His
response,
above,
left
much
to
be
desired
before
the
court.
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