Judges end Trump pick Alina Habba’s tenure as New Jersey’s top prosecutor

<p>Justice department retaliates by removing career prosecutor named as Habba’s replacement</p><p>Alina Habba, Donald Trump’s defence lawyer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/18/e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial-trump">during</a> a defamation case brought by the writer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/e-jean-carroll">E Jean Carroll</a>, has lost her bid to become New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, with the clock running out on her interim status on Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/StandingOrder2025-03USAttyAppointment.pdf" title="https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/StandingOrder2025-03USAttyAppointment.pdf">According to an order from New Jersey’s district court</a>, a panel of judges declined to permanently appoint Habba to be the state’s US attorney, signaling a rebuke against the Trump administration.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/22/alina-habba-new-jersey-prosecutor">Continue reading...</a>