New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor resigned on Monday, leaving it unclear who will now serve as the state’s acting U.S. attorney.

Alina Habba’s resignation comes after an appeals court ruled that the former defense lawyer for President Donald Trump had been serving in the position unlawfully.

Habba is one of several U.S. attorneys across the country found to have been improperly appointed by the Trump administration. That includes Lindsey Halligan, whose case against New York Attorney General Letitia James was thrown out last month after a federal judge determined the acting federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia had “no lawful authority.”

"While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became wea

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