WASHINGTON: Alina Habba, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, stepped down Monday (local time) as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey after an appeals court ruled she had been serving in the position unlawfully.

Habba, widely recognised for her outspoken defence of Trump, said she was resigning to safeguard “the stability and integrity of the office which I love.” “But do not mistake compliance for surrender”, she stated on X. “This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me”.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement posted on X shortly after the resignation that the Justice Department would seek further review of the ruling, noting Habba could return if the decision is reversed.

Her departure comes after judges on the 3r

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