NJ’s Top Prosecutor Ruled Unlawful — Legal Chaos Erupts

A federal judge just declared that New Jersey’s top prosecutor has been holding her job

unlawfully for more than a month. The prosecutor is Alina Habba, one of Trump's former

lawyers. Here's the wild breakdown. Habba was appointed as the acting U.S.

Attorney, but these roles have a time limit. When her time ran out and the Senate

hadn't confirmed her, the district court judges appointed her deputy to take

over. But the administration wasn't having it. In what the judge called a "multi-step

maneuver," they fired the new guy and used a series of legal gymnastics to put Habba right

back in charge, sidestepping the whole Senate confirmation process. The judge,