The DOJ has launched a full-throated defense of Alina Habba's authority as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey and urged an appeals court to "reverse" Habba's disqualification from prosecuting criminal defendants who so far have successfully challenged the legality of her appointment.

Noting that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' eventual ruling could affect at least seven other New Jersey cases in addition to the cases against Julien Giraud Jr., Julien Giraud III, and Cesar Pina, the DOJ asserted that Middle District of Pennsylvania's Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann got it wrong in August when he barred Habba from prosecuting the named challengers because she was not "lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of

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