How Close Trump Came to Suspending Habeas Corpus: Haberman and Swan’s Forthcoming Book Lays Bare an April 2025 Memo Fight That Pulled Susie Wiles Back from the ... (opens in new tab)

Stephen Miller pushed the White House in April 2025 to suspend habeas corpus to speed deportations — but a confidential memo by staff secretary Will Scharf to Chief of Staff Susie Wiles slowed the proposal, according to a forthcoming book by NYT correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.