New Jersey Courts Set Aside Trump's Chosen US Attorney for NJ, Alina Habba, Preferring Her Assistant, So Pam Bondi Fires the Assistant

Lowly district court judges are tyrants.

Federal judges in New Jersey on Tuesday chose not to keep President Donald Trump's ally Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney for the state, choosing to replace her with a deputy until a permanent U.S. attorney is confirmed by the Senate.

New Jersey's 17 U.S. District Court judges made the decision as Habba's 120-day term winds down. Habba has been serving in the post on an interim basis since the end of March, but has been nominated to serve in the post permanently.

Chief Judge for the District of New Jersey Renée Marie Bumb ruled Desiree Leigh Grace has been named U.S. attorney for New Jersey, meaning the judges declined to extend Habba's role, which expired Tuesday. However, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed Habba's interim role ends on Friday instead.

"The district court judges in NJ are trying to force out [Habba] before her term expires at 11:59 p.m. Friday," Blanche wrote on X. "Their rush reveals what this was always about: a left-wing agenda, not the rule of law. When judges act like activists, they undermine confidence in our justice system. Alina is President Trump's choice to lead--and no partisan bench can override that."

Pam Bondi overruled the lowly district court judges.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday night announced that the court-selected interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey has been removed, indicating she was prepared to fight for former interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba to keep her role.

The move comes after New Jersey's 17 U.S. District Court judges chose to replace Habba earlier Tuesday with her First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Desiree Leigh Grace. The vote to replace Habba instead of extending her role occurred as her 120-day term winds down.

The Justice Department, led by Bondi, has blasted the move as a partisan attack on Habba, who is an ally of President Donald Trump. The attorney general indicated Habba deserves to keep the role while she awaits Senate confirmation.

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It was not immediately clear what the removal means, but a source told the New York Times that Grace has been fired.

The two Democratic New Jersey senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, slammed the Justice Department for intervening in the court decision, claiming it was another example of the Trump administration not respecting the separation of powers.

"This administration may not like the law, but they are not above it," the lawmakers said in a joint statement. "The people of New Jersey deserve a U.S. attorney who will enforce the law and pursue justice for the people of our state without partisanship or politics."

Note: Alina Habba brought an indictment against a black female Democrat congresswoman for hitting an ICE agent.

As Jesse Watters suggest: They're taking her out for challenging the Regime.

posted by Ace at 03:12 PM

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