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BREAKING: AG Pam Bondi violated federal law when she replaced Alina Habba with a "triumvirate" of attorneys
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-disqualifies-new-jersey-us-attorneys-office-trio/Attorney General Pam Bondi violated federal law when she replaced Alina Habba, the former interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, with a “triumvirate” of attorneys, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said the triad currently leading the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey was another illegal attempt by President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to get around the U.S. attorney appointment process as laid out by the Constitution and federal law.
“The Government is warned that any further attempts to unlawfully fill the office will result in dismissals of pending cases,” Brann, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote.
The ruling marks the latest blow to Trump’s shambolic effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top U.S. attorneys’ offices across the country.
Brann is the same federal judge who ruled that Habba, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, had been illegally serving as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey for months. Though Brann disqualified her in August, Habba didn’t formally resign until early December when the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his original order.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said the triad currently leading the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey was another illegal attempt by President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to get around the U.S. attorney appointment process as laid out by the Constitution and federal law.
“The Government is warned that any further attempts to unlawfully fill the office will result in dismissals of pending cases,” Brann, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote.
The ruling marks the latest blow to Trump’s shambolic effort to circumvent the Senate confirmation process and federal vacancy law to install loyalists at the helm of top U.S. attorneys’ offices across the country.
Brann is the same federal judge who ruled that Habba, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, had been illegally serving as the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey for months. Though Brann disqualified her in August, Habba didn’t formally resign until early December when the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his original order.
🚨BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi violated federal law when she replaced Alina Habba, the former interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, with a “triumvirate†of attorneys, a federal judge ruled Monday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T21:02:11.376Z
BREAKING: Judge rules that Trump admin acted illegally, again, by installed triumvirate to run U.S. Attorney's office in NJ after Habba's acting appointment was ruled illegal. Judge Matthew Brann doesn't immediately void actions by the trio, though. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T19:44:41.864Z
Jordan Fox, the special attorney who admitted that her office violated a ton of court orders, was in fact serving illegally the whole time ... slate.com/news-and-pol...
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T19:30:58.955Z
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