Pam Bondi tries to save Alina Habba’s job
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Alina Habba's 120-day term ends Friday. Tuesday, a group of federal judges in New Jersey voted not to extend Habba's interim appointment as U.S. attorney, and to replace her with her deputy Desiree Grace.
Federal judges appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to replace Habba before U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired her.
President Trump’s war with the judiciary escalated Tuesday with the firing of an attorney named by federal judges to replace Alina Habba, the loyalist he tapped as New Jersey’s top federal
A constitutional contest is brewing over the role of judges in selecting federal prosecutors.
The attorney general acted just hours after New Jersey judges appointed Habba’s replacement as interim U.S. attorney.