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Alina Habba's 120-day term ends Friday. Tuesday, a group of federal judges in New Jersey voted not to extend Habba's interim appointment as U.S. attorney, and to replace her with her deputy Desiree Grace.
President Trump’s war with the judiciary escalated Tuesday with the firing of an attorney named by federal judges to replace Alina Habba, the loyalist he tapped as New Jersey’s top federal
Federal judges appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to replace Habba before U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired her.
A constitutional contest is brewing over the role of judges in selecting federal prosecutors.
Federal judges took a vote and decided not to extend Alina Habba's time as a U.S. attorney in N.J., and the court appears to be well within its legal authority to do so. The post A court had the legal authority to boot Alina Habba from top prosecutor role,
The attorney general acted just hours after New Jersey judges appointed Habba’s replacement as interim U.S. attorney.