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Trump administration clears way to keep Lehigh University grad Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has moved to keep his former defense attorney Alina Habba on the job as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, even though a panel of judges refused to extend her tenure.
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The White House threw its support behind Habba after federal judges in New Jersey didn't extend her term as interim U.S. attorney.
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A defense attorney is arguing the Trump administration illegally maneuvered to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, despite the expiration of her tenure.
'Preempted and struck out': Alina Habba fires back at judges who tried killing her US attorney bid, says they want to 'thwart the president's powers'
"Acting" U.S. Attorney of New Jersey Alina Habba says the judges who took a vote last week and decided not to extend her tenure as the Garden State's top federal prosecutor "preempted and struck out." The post 'Preempted and struck out': Alina Habba fires back at judges who tried killing her US attorney bid,
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Trump’s action avoids a provision of federal law that restricts a person from serving as an acting officer if the president has submitted their nomination to the Senate, according to the report. That law limits her time as acting U.S. attorney to 210 days.
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