Judge rules Alina Habba unlawfully serving
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Critics are calling out Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, for completely botching two key facts in just seconds during a Fox News interview on Thursday. First, she claimed it’s the job of federal judges to “respect the president.”
A judge in New Jersey postponed indefinitely a CEO’s sentencing, citing a judge’s ruling Thursday that prosecutors were not legally authorized to handle cases under Habba’s leadership.
Alina Habba complained that federal judges aren’t ”respecting the president” after U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann found that she was working unlawfully as acting U.S. attorney. President Donald Trump’s administration had gone to great lengths to keep his former personal lawyer in the job before her interim appointment expired,
Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting a judge saying that Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey and the expected increase in the cost health insurance for 500,000 New Jersey residents.
Acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba blamed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Thursday for some of her struggles to keep her job due to his refusal to end a bipartisan tradition on judicial nominees.
On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that Habba could not preside over criminal cases, declaring her to be acting “without lawful authority.”
President Donald Trump appointee Alina Habba called out — by name — two Democrats and one Republican senator Thursday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” describing how they held up her confirmation to officially become U.