US EditionAlina Habba responds after removal from New Jersey case: 'I don't cower to pressure'
NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Alina Habba after federal judges declined to extend her interim term, intensifying conflict over politicization and judicial authority in U.S. attorney appointments.
- In New Jersey, federal judges declined to extend Alina Habba’s interim U.S. attorney term, naming Desiree Leigh Grace as her replacement.
- President Donald Trump appointed Alina Habba on March 24, 2025, under a 120-day term, and NJ Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim are blocking her confirmation.
- Pam Bondi criticized the judges’ motives, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said they are 'amplifying the issue on social media' to undermine judicial independence.
- Alina Habba wrote on X 'I don’t cower to pressure' and vowed to remain acting U.S. attorney, demonstrating her defiance despite judicial rejection.
- This dispute highlights tensions between the executive branch and federal courts, with NJ Senators Booker and Kim blocking Habba's confirmation, creating an ongoing political barrier.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi Fires Back After Federal Judges Sabotaged Alina Habba - Political Animal News
Federal judges declared war on Donald Trump’s administration. They thought they could steamroll one of his most trusted allies without consequences. But now Attorney General Pam Bondi has just fired back at federal judges who sabotaged Alina Habba with one power move that left Trump fuming. Partisan judges stage coordinated assault on Trump’s New Jersey […]
Trump Pulls Habba’s Nomination for New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor, Making Her Acting US Attorney
President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of Alina Habba to serve as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, a Justice Department official confirmed on Thursday. The development comes after a federal court declined to retain Habba in the role of U.S. attorney for New Jersey and opted to install Desiree Leigh Grace. On Tuesday, U.S. district court judges of New Jersey selected Grace, who was Habba’s first assistant, to serve as U.S. attorney as…
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White House’s novel maneuver to keep Trump ally in place as New Jersey’s top prosecutor
By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week, as Republicans work to jumpstart a stalled confirmation process in the Senate, while the White House resorted to a novel legal maneuver to keep a political ally in place as New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Alina Habba, the Trump-appointed int…
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Trump’s ex-lawyer resists ouster as U.S. attorney in New Jersey | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, said today that she would seek to remain as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey despite a judicial decision this week not to extend her appointment.
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