Karoline Leavitt’s Possible Successors Emerge after WH Press Secretary’s Surprise Departure
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Wednesday announcement that she’s leaving her role stunned many insiders — who immediately began buzzing about who might replace her behind the briefing room lectern.
Journalists and officials widely regarded Leavitt, 28, as an effective spokesperson for President Trump, whose policies she championed with crisp delivery and conviction. She used her most visible forum to frequently dispense news items in a welcomed change of pace from her Biden-era predecessor.
The New Hampshire native seemed so steady in the role that many thought she could serve throughout Trump’s second term — heightening intrigue into the selection of the US government’s next top spokesperson when Leavitt departs at the end of August.
A White House source told The Post that Trump has not yet decided on a replacement.
Sources within and close to the administration told The Post that early front-runners for the role are believed to include Alina Habba, the former acting US attorney for New Jersey, and Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.
Habba gained fame as one of Trump’s defense lawyers, giving passionate televised appeals on his behalf to journalists before his return to power. She briefly worked in the West Wing last year as a counselor to the president before Trump appointed her the top prosecutor in New Jersey. (Read more from “Karoline Leavitt’s Possible Successors Emerge after WH Press Secretary’s Surprise Departure” HERE)
