Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval

Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval

Three prosecutors installed by Donald Trump’s administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general’s office after the president’s former personal lawyer was disqualified from the role in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge has ruled.

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, handpicked the three to replace Alina Habba, who resigned after a succession of district and appeals court rulings that she was serving illegally because she never received Senate confirmation.

On Monday, federal judge Matthew Brann said Bondi’s actions repeated the same error of bypassing congressional approval for the appointments. He stopped short of ordering their removal pending a government appeal – but, in a blistering 130-page ruling, said overreach by the executive branch could jeopardise all of its cases before him.

  • RagingRobot
    3·
    3 days ago

    Is it just me or do some of these people who he picked for things look like they do porn?

    • ChunkMcHorkleEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      No, it’s not your imagination. My apologies to the ladies, but Trump’s favorite attorneys generally have legal talent and personal ethics that are inversely proportional to the attractiveness of their legs and/or rack size.