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.
#judiciary #law #Constitution #DOJ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/new-jersey-us-attorney/
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.
“One year into this administration, it is plain that President #Trump & his top aides have chafed at the limits of their power set forth by the #law & the #Constitution,” Brann wrote, though he immediately stayed his ruling, allowing the admin a chance to appeal.
Still, his sternly worded 130-page opinion ended with a warning to the government that if it chose to leave that triumvirate in place, “it does so at its own risk.” He added that any further attempts to illegally appoint new leadership to the office would “result in dismissals of pending cases.”
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.540663/gov.uscourts.njd.540663.317.0_2.pdf
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