The Trump administration believes it has found a workaround to keep the president’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney and outflank federal judges who sought to replace her.

Habba signaled that she does not plan to leave her role as the temporary U.S. attorney of New Jersey, announcing she does "not cower" to pressure.

Desiree Leigh Grace was removed as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey just hours after being selected by federal judges to lead the office. The DOJ, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, overturned the judges' decision,

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked a New York court to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the financier sex offender.

Like much of what Trump touches, the fight over Alina Habba mingles authoritarianism with goonish incompetence.