Alina Habba , a former lawyer to President Donald Trump whom he later installed as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, said on Monday that she was stepping down from the role after a federal appeals court found that her appointment was unlawful and disqualified her from supervising cases .

Habba said in a statement posted to X that her resignation as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey was "to protect the stability and the integrity of the office," which faced months of uncertainty as legal challenges to her appointment played out.

"But do not mistake compliance for surrender," she said in the post.

Habba said she would take on a new role as senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi, focusing on U.S. attorneys around the country. The Justice Department named three lawyers

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