Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, has resigned from her role following a federal court’s ruling to uphold a lower court’s decision that she was not “lawfully” appointed to the office.

The news was announced Monday by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said she was “saddened to accept Alina’s resignation”:

Last Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously ruled that U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann’s August decision against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to get Habba into New Jersey’s top prosecutor role was correct.

Habba, whom Trump selected to serve as counselor to the president in December 2024 before he elevated her to acting U.S. attorney in March, was

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