Judge rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba was unlawfully appointed as US Attorney
A U.S. judge on Thursday ruled that Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, was unlawfully appointed as the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey and is therefore ineligible to participate in any ongoing cases. The ruling is a setback for Trump’s Justice Department, which manoeuvred to keep Habba in her post and circumvent a judicial decision not to extend her 120-day interim tenure. “Faced with the question of whether Ms. Habba is […]


