Donald Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, she announced on social media.

Habba’s resignation came after district and appellate court rulings which found she was unlawfully serving in the role, a powerful post charged with enforcing federal criminal and civil law.

The Trump administration had been maneuvering to keep Habba in place after her interim appointment expired and she had not gotten US Senate confirmation.

Habba said in a statement posted to X after a court hearing that she was fighting on behalf of other candidates to be federal prosecutors who have been denied a chance for a Senate hearing.

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