Alina Habba's role as acting U.S. Attorney faces a test after an attorney in a drug and weapons case filed a motion ...

Federal courts in New Jersey have halted criminal trials and grand jury proceedings amid questions about Trump’s appointment of his former personal attorney Alina Habba to serve as acting U.S.

The DOJ fired Desiree Leigh Grace as the newly appointed U.S. attorney for New Jersey after judges in the state chose her ...

After a brief conference Monday, U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel put Giraud Jr.'s trial date on hold while the motion moves through the courts. Because the federal bench in New Jersey played a role in ...

Federal court hearings, grand jury proceedings and plea deals were abruptly canceled in New Jersey over questions about ...

Man facing drug and gun charges seeks dismissal of indictment on grounds that Habba was unlawfully named acting U.S. attorney ...

Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was reinstalled as head of the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey after a legal ...

A lawyer said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for the charges to be thrown out.

A defendant soon to go to trial in the District of New Jersey has filed a challenge to acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba’s ...

Trump’s action avoids a provision of federal law that restricts a person from serving as an acting officer if the president ...