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Last Updated:December 09, 2025, 07:23 IST
Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba resigned as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after a court ruled her appointment unlawful.
Alina Habba resigned as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after a court ruled her appointment unlawful. (Pic; Reuters)
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, resigned on Monday as the top federal prosecutor of New Jersey following a contentious ruling by an appeals court that said she was serving her post unlawfully. The Third Circuit Court, in a strongly-worded statement, Habba framed her departure as an act of “compliance, not surrender," insisting the decision would neither weaken her resolve nor the Justice Department.
Reflecting on her five-year tenure, Habba highlighted what she described as unprecedented successes under former Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, including New Jersey’s first murder-free summer in Camden in half a century, reductions in violent crime, and efforts targeting child predators and terrorism.
However, she sharply criticised federal judges in New Jersey, accusing them of weaponising the “blue slip tradition" and stalling trials for political reasons. According to Habba, these judicial actions left violent offenders on the streets and shifted focus away from residents’ safety toward opposition to former President Donald Trump.
“For four years, I fought against lawfare aimed at President Trump and against politics infecting our justice system," she wrote, adding that her loyalty “is not to a ZIP code, a title, or politics, it is to this great country."
Habba said she is stepping down to “protect the stability and integrity" of the office, but emphasised she will remain active at the national level. She will continue serving the Department of Justice as Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for US Attorneys while the court ruling undergoes further review.
Closing her statement with characteristic bravado, she wrote: “Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl."
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December 09, 2025, 07:23 IST
News world Trump's Former Lawyer Alina Habba Resigns As New Jersey's Top Federal Prosecutor
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