US EditionUS appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor
The 3rd Circuit ruled the Trump administration violated federal vacancy laws by unlawfully keeping Alina Habba as New Jersey U.S. attorney beyond her interim term.
- On Monday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's order disqualifying Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, issued by a three-judge panel sitting in Philadelphia.
- After her interim appointment expired, the administration used a novel sequence of legal and personnel moves to keep Habba in office, but judges ruled the Federal Vacancies Reform Act barred her acting role as First Assistant U.S. Attorney.
- A NOTUS review found over 140 criminal cases tied to Habba's office, with more than 39 indictments potentially contested, affecting firearms, drug trafficking, securities fraud, and tax dodging cases.
- The Justice Department said it intends to appeal and may seek rehearing en banc or U.S. Supreme Court review as it presses the challenge, noting actions Habba took since July could be invalidated.
- As the first appellate ruling on this scheme, the decision addresses the Trump administration's appointment scheme and may affect other interim prosecutors like Lindsey Halligan and Bill Essayli amid New Jersey U.S. senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim's blue-slip opposition.
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