US District Judge Mathew Brann, an Obama appointee, will decide whether Alina Habba can continue as Acting US Attorney of New Jersey.
The Pennsylvania-based federal judge is overseeing a challenge to Alina Habba’s authority because the judges in New Jersey had a conflict of interest after they ousted her from her position as interim US Attorney last week.
Last week it was reported that US Attorney General Pam Bondi promptly removed Alina Habba’s replacement after a group of district court judges voted to oust Habba as interim US Attorney of New Jersey.
A group of federal judges last Tuesday declined to extend Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney of New Jersey after Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a pressure campaign to oust her.
Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney was set to expire last Friday at 11:59 pm.
Last Tuesday, after a pressure campaign from Jeffries, district court judges voted to oust Alina Habba as interim US Attorney of New Jersey and replaced her with Desiree Leigh Grace.
Alina Habba last Thursday announced that she is now the Acting US Attorney for New Jersey after district court judges ousted her from her post earlier this week.
Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney was set to expire last Friday at 11:59 pm so Trump and Bondi outmaneuvered the activist judges.
Habba resigned as Interim US Attorney and is now Acting US Attorney for New Jersey.
Donald J. Trump is the 47th President.
Pam Bondi is the Attorney General.
And I am now the Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
I don’t cower to pressure. I don’t answer to politics.
This is a fight for justice. And I’m all in.
— US Attorney Habba (@USAttyHabba) July 24, 2025
President Trump ultimately fired Leigh Grace last Saturday.
Now we await as an Obama appointed judge decides whether Alina Habba can continue as Acting US Attorney of New Jersey after Trump and Bondi outmaneuvered the far-left judges.
Politico reported:
A federal judge says he will decide whether President Donald Trump’s pick to lead federal prosecutors in New Jersey, Alina Habba, has the legal authority to continue operating as the state’s acting U.S. attorney.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann indicated Friday that he would delve into the thorny question following a series of unusual maneuvers by Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to keep Habba in the role on a temporary basis. That prompted some criminal defendants to raise questions about Habba’s legitimacy.
It was not clear until Friday that Brann would even evaluate Habba’s appointment. First, the judge had to deal with a threshold issue: whether the status of Habba’s authority would affect the case of the defendant who brought the challenge pending before Brann.
In a 27-page ruling, Brann said that it could very well affect who can prosecute the case, and the judge made clear he takes the challenge to Habba’s authority that emerged in recent days seriously. He also said a legal position taken by the Department of Justice in Habba’s defense was “extreme” and expressed curiosity about the multi-step maneuver Trump used to keep Habba in power.
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