Former Donald Trump personal attorney Alina Habba said Monday she will no longer serve as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey in the wake of an appeals court ruling that found her appointment was unlawful.
In a statement posted on X, Habba wrote, “as a result of the Third Circuit’s ruling, and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love, I have decided to step down in my role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.”
She added, “do not mistake compliance for surrender.”
In a separate statement on X, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she was “saddened to accept Alina’s resignation.”
Bondi said the 3d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling had made it “untenable for her to effectively run her office,” and that she was naming her a “senior advisor to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys.”
She said that DOJ is appealing the ruling that disqualified Habba from her post, and “we are confident it will be reversed.”
“Alina intends to return to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey if this occurs,” Bondi wrote.
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