It looks like a good move to me. Huber was well liked by Attn. General Ashcroft. He’s from Utah, which is about as far from the coasts and DC as you can get.
Unfortunately, Utah is in the front yard of the likely leader of the beltway Never Trump movement next year: Senator Mitt Romney. I will assume this guy is Mormon. In which case there is ZERO chance he substantively engages the Democrats while Bishop Romney attacks POTUS.
Well liked by Ashcroft is one he’ll of a loss-poor recommendation. Ashcroft made Neville Chamberlain look like Patton and was of very meager conservative credentials.