Trump's Personal Lawyer Turned U.S. Attorney Has Prosecutors Running for the Exit
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Trump’s Personal Lawyer Turned U.S. Attorney Has Prosecutors Running for the Exit
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Alina Habba appears to be bringing partisan crusades to the traditionally independent U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey.
Janna Brancolini
Updated Jul. 21 2025 10:19AM EDT
Published Jul. 21 2025 7:06AM EDT
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey are reportedly desperate to be free of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and partisan sidekick, Alina Habba.
Days after she was announced as the president’s pick to serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Habba vowed to use the traditionally independent and non-partisan role to “turn New Jersey red.”
Habba, 41, had served as Trump’s personal attorney and adviser since 2021, when many law firms were avoiding him over election denials and his role in the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol.
Although some prosecutors had hoped that Habba was just putting on a media show for Trump and his MAGA base, she has infuriated staffers by apparently following through on her March promise to bring partisan politics to the role, according to a report in The New York Times.
In just a few months, Habba has destroyed morale by prosecuting Democratic lawmakers, offering special treatment to a repeat felon with ties to Republican lawmakers, killing the office’s longest-running prosecution just days before it was set to go to trial, and disbanding the office’s Civil Rights Division, 16 sources told the Times.
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