{"id":326738,"date":"2025-12-01T23:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/third-circuit-disqualifies-trump-lawyer-habba-from-serving-as-acting-us-attorney-in-new-jersey-jurist\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T23:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:26:47","slug":"third-circuit-disqualifies-trump-lawyer-habba-from-serving-as-acting-us-attorney-in-new-jersey-jurist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=326738","title":{"rendered":"Third Circuit disqualifies Trump lawyer Habba from serving as acting US attorney in New Jersey &#8211; JURIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A federal appeals court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/25-2635-Habba.pdf\">ruled<\/a> Monday that a lawyer who represented US President Donald Trump in a number of civil and criminal matters between his first and second presidencies\u00a0cannot serve as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca3.uscourts.gov\/\">Third Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> found the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to install Alina Habba in the role violated federal vacancy laws.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling affirmed a lower court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/119122962836.pdf\">disqualification<\/a> of Habba from two criminal prosecutions. Defendants in two criminal cases had <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-27-25-USA-v-Giraud-motion.pdf\">challenged<\/a> her appointment, arguing it violated the <a href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=(title:5%20section:3345%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3345)&amp;f=treesort&amp;edition=prelim&amp;num=0&amp;jumpTo=true\">Federal Vacancies Reform Act<\/a>\u2018s requirements for who can serve as an acting officer and its prohibition on nominees serving in an acting capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The court also found that because Trump had previously nominated Habba for the permanent position, she was barred from serving as acting US attorney, even after he withdrew the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2025\/11\/criminal-cases-against-comey-james-dismissed-as-federal-judge-rules-prosecutor-was-unlawfully-appointed\/\">second time<\/a> in two weeks that a federal court has found the administration violated vacancy laws in appointing a US attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a Virginia federal judge dismissed indictments against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.vaed.582136\/gov.uscourts.vaed.582136.213.0_1.pdf\">finding<\/a> the prosecutor who secured the charges, former White House aide Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lawyer who represented US President Donald Trump in a number of civil and criminal matters between his first and second presidencies\u00a0cannot serve as acting US attorney for the District of New Jersey. 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