Judge Boots DOJ Prosecutor From Courtroom, Demands To Know Who’s Actually Calling The Shots

This judge ain’t fucking around. Earlier this month, we covered New Jersey federal judge Zahid Qurashi’s response to the actions of Trump’s DOJ, which begins with lots of illegal …

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@mspopok.bsky.social reports on #JudgeQuraishi, a #NewJersey Federal Judge, not only throwing out a senior #DOJ official from the Court room, but ordering that #AlinaHabba and others testify before him about whether they are already violating a court order barring Habba youtu.be/eW7KAV30XcM?...

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PISSED OFF Judge GOES AFTER Alina Habba

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#AlinaHabba is now a senior adviser to the attorney general [assistant to the regional manager] & supervises #US #attorneys around the United States. She has been in the New Jersey office in recent weeks. It is unclear why. Her presence alone would not be inappropriate or out of the ordinary given her position. It is unclear what motivated Judge Quraishi’s questions.

#law #Judiciary #Trump #DOJ #kakistocracy #idiocracy

The judge then ordered the 3 leaders of the NJ office, who last week were found to be occupying their positions unlawfully, to appear next month to testify about their office’s leadership structure. Attorney General #PamBondi appointed the unconventional three-person leadership team in December after #AlinaHabba was also found to be unlawfully appointed & was disqualified. The leaders are Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox & Ari Fontecchio.

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The hearing did not go as prosecutors had planned. Judge Quraishi grew frustrated with the office’s head of appeals, Mark Coyne, who had not formally disclosed that he would appear, & fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim #USattorney, #AlinaHabba, still had some role in operating the office.

Judge Quraishi eventually threw Coyne out.

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US District Judge Matthew Brann said that a trio of #DOJ lawyers who have been leading the office since late last year had been unlawfully serving in their positions. AG #PamBondi appointed them after Brann disqualified #AlinaHabba, #Trump’s previous choice for #USattorney in NJ, in August amid similar questions over the legality of her appointment.

#judiciary #law #Constitution

Trio named to replace #AlinaHabba as #USattorney is also serving illegally, judge says

A federal judge upended the leadership of New Jersey’s US attorney’s office again Monday, ruling for the second time in less than a year that the #Trump admin had illegally sought to bypass #Congress & install its own picks to head the prominent prosecutorial outpost.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/new-jersey-us-attorney/

Trio named to replace Alina Habba as U.S. attorney is also serving illegally, judge says

The decision comes amid a growing standoff over U.S. attorney appointments among all three branches of government.

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Federal #judges have found a number of US attorneys whose appointments were the result of unusual legal maneuvers by the #Trump admin to be serving unlawfully.

Along with Sarcone, they include #AlinaHabba, who was the acting #USattorney in NJ, & #LindseyHalligan, formerly the acting US attorney for the Eastern District of VA, as well as a handful of others.

#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary