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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:55 PM Yesterday

Trump's Personal Lawyer Turned U.S. Attorney (Alina Habba) Has Prosecutors Running for the Exit

Source: The Daily Beast

Trump’s Personal Lawyer Turned U.S. Attorney Has Prosecutors Running for the Exit

Janna Brancolini
Mon, July 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM EDT
3 min read

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.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-personal-lawyer-turned-u-110620109.html

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