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Effort to keep Alina Habba in post as acting New Jersey U.S. attorney sparks legal challenge
Man facing drug and gun charges seeks dismissal of indictment on grounds that Habba was unlawfully named acting U.S. attorney ...
Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing
A lawyer said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for ...
Alina Habba, named acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, faces ethics scrutiny
In a span of eight days, Alina Habba was accused of violating the Hatch Act; removed as interim U.S. attorney by district ...
N.J. Criminal Cases Screech to a Halt as Habba’s Authority Is Challenged
Federal court hearings, grand jury proceedings and plea deals were abruptly canceled in New Jersey over questions about ...
Criminal trial put on hold after defendant challenges Alina Habba's legal authority
After a brief conference Monday, U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel put Giraud Jr.'s trial date on hold while the motion moves ...
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Trump's DOJ pick threatens to upend 1,500 criminal cases as courts plunge into chaos
President Donald Trump's attempts to install a loyalist in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey have sewn chaos in the ...
Chaos over Alina Habba’s status at the NJ attorney’s office even has defendants confused
Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was reinstalled as head of the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey after a legal ...
Court case challenges acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba authority as controversy continues
Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Giraud’s attorney, Thomas Mirigliano, filed paperwork on ...
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'Unconstitutional': Attorney says Trump's hand-picked prosecutor has no 'legal authority'
The lawyer for a defendant being prosecuted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in New Jersey is now claiming that President Donald Trump's chosen U.S. attorney for the state has no power to prosecute ...