Alina Habba , who had previously served as President Donald Trump 's defense lawyer, said Monday that she was stepping down as U.S. attorney for New Jersey after judges disqualified her from that position.

Habba's resignation came a week after the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a district court judge's ruling that found her ineligible for the top prosecutor's job because of the circumstances of her appointment as the interim holder of that post.

Habba and Attorney General Pam Bondi said Habba would remain at the Department of Justice as senior advisor to the attorney general for U.S. attorneys.

Bondi also said the DOJ would appeal the 3rd Circuit's ruling and that the department is confident it would be reversed.

"As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling , and t

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