Trump administration fights to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor

The Justice Department is fighting to keep President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, in place as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey after a panel of judges refused to extend her tenure and appointed someone else to the job. Habba initially appeared to lose the position Tuesday when district judges declined to keep Habba in the post while she awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate. They appointed one of Habba’s subordinates, Desiree Leigh Grace, as her successor. But just hours later, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she had in turn removed Grace, blaming Habba’s removal on “politically minded judges.” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields says Trump has full confidence in Habba and the administration would work to get her confirmed by the U.S. Senate.