US EditionAlina Habba, Trump's pick for US attorney for New Jersey, steps down
Alina Habba resigned after a court ruled her appointment unlawful; she will remain senior adviser while the DOJ seeks to reverse the ruling.
- On Monday, Alina Habba announced she is resigning as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey after a federal appeals court concluded her appointment was unlawful.
- Habba's March appointment prompted months of litigation over U.S. Senate confirmation amid Trump administration efforts to install loyalist prosecutors.
- Her duties will be split among three lawyers while she remains as a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said `Alina intends to return to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey if this occurs.`
- Judges in New Jersey paused trials and delayed proceedings, creating confusion and pauses in prosecutions, while Pam Bondi, U.S. Attorney General, said the appeals-court ruling made Habba's position untenable.
- The resignation may leave uncertain the fate of other U.S. attorneys with challenged appointments and high-profile cases affected by appointment disputes, including matters referenced alongside Comey and Letitia James cases.
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She was Donald Trump's personal lawyer, and later the first US president to take office past the Senate – now she's resigning.
Donald Trump's ex-lawyer quits as top prosecutor, blames 'politicized left'
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer has stepped down from her post as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey after an appeals court judges panel ruled last week that she was serving unlawfully.
Trump complains he can't 'appoint anybody' after Habba resigns
President Donald Trump was caught complaining about repeated blocks of his appointments after acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba resigned. In footage posted on social media, Trump could be heard venting about his judicial appointments being blocked as the press was shepherded out of the room. “You know I can’t appoint anybody,” Trump said. “Everybody I’ve appointed, their time has expired. Then they’re in default, then we’re losing.…
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned on Monday as New Jersey’s chief federal prosecutor, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in office illegally. “In a statement posted on social media, Habba criticized the court’s ruling as political, but said that she resigned “to protect the stability and integrity” of her position. “But don’t confuse compliance with surrender,” she said, adding…
Trump’s ex-lawyer said she quit to “protect the stability and integrity” of the office she headed
The former personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, Alina Haba, today announced her resignation from the position of federal prosecutor in the US state of New Jersey because the Federal Court of Appeals ruled that she was illegally in that position.
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