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Another Trump clash with the courts is already spinning out into criminal cases

A defense attorney is arguing the Trump administration illegally maneuvered to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal ...
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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 ...

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 through the courts. Because the federal bench in New Jersey played a role in ...

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 ...

Court case challenges acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba authority as controversy continues

At least one trial is being moved to Pennsylvania after the defendant filed a challenge to the authority of acting U.S.
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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 ...

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 ...

'Usurpation of judicial authority': Accused drug trafficker's lawyer asks court to declare that anything Alina Habba does is 'without legal effect'

A criminal defense attorney for an accused drug trafficker has asked a judge to declare that acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba ...

Effort to keep Alina Habba as New Jersey's top prosecutor sparks legal challenge

Man facing drug and gun charges seeks dismissal of indictment on grounds that Habba was unlawfully named acting U.S. attorney ...