The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance seven of President Donald Trump’s nominees to serve as U.S. attorney. Six sailed through on a voice vote while the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, advanced along party lines. This is how the system is supposed to work.

On Tuesday, New Jersey federal judges decided to fire Alina Habba, refusing to vote to extend her 120-day appointment as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, leading to uproar from the right. Now, the Trump administration seems to have found a loophole to keep one of their most loyal operatives back into a powerful position.