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Ex-Trump attorney Alina Habba’s role as the U.S. attorney in New Jersey is unlawful, a federal judge ruled Thursday, suggesting any prosecutions she’s brought since July are void and striking down the Justice Department’s gambit to keep the longtime Trump ally on as the state’s top prosecutor after a panel of federal judges declined to extend her tenure.
Alina Habba, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, arrives at the courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, on May 15.
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Pennsylvania Judge Matthew Brann ruled against Habba’s appointment in response to a petition by two criminal defendants being prosecuted in New Jersey, who argued the charges against them should be thrown out because Habba wasn’t lawfully serving as U.S. attorney.
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