Judges vote to not keep Habba as interim us attorney of New Jersey, CNN reports

News | July 22, 2025
Alina Habba is sworn in as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A panel of judges in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey declined to permanently appoint President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba as the state’s top federal prosecutor, CNN reported on Tuesday citing an order from the court.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; writing by Sarah N. Lynch; editing by Scott Malone, Matthew Lewis and Susan Heavey)