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LetMyPeopleVote

(166,581 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:33 PM Tuesday

DOJ fires US attorney for New Jersey after state picks her over former Trump lawyer Alina Habba

Bondi is trying to prevent some federal judges from picking Habba's successor as interim US attorney

Link to tweet

https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-trump-attorney-alina-habba-passed-permanent-us/story

The Justice Department on Tuesday said it fired Desiree Leigh Grace as the newly appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, hours after federal judges in the state chose her over President Donald Trump's pick, Alina Habba.

The announcement came after federal judges in New Jersey opted not to appoint Habba, Trump's former personal attorney, as the state's top federal prosecutor on a permanent basis. Trump appointed Habba as the state's acting U.S. attorney in March.

"This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges -- especially when they threaten the President's core Article II powers," Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X in announcing Grace's firing.

Grace was Habba's first assistant before district judges elevated her to the top job, setting up Habba's ouster.

Habba was awaiting Senate confirmation when her 120-day term as acting U.S. attorney expired this week.

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DOJ fires US attorney for New Jersey after state picks her over former Trump lawyer Alina Habba (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday OP

Is this legal? SheltieLover Tuesday #1

Bondi legally can't do that obamanut2012 Tuesday #4

From Steve Vladeck: In It to Win It Tuesday #7

Ty SheltieLover Tuesday #10

TY.. bodiTraitor Needs KAMA NOW. Cha Tuesday #11

Thank you LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #13

DOJ going to fire all the replacements?......................... Lovie777 Tuesday #2

WTF? malaise Tuesday #3

Blatant corruption berniesandersmittens Tuesday #5

We are quickly approaching The Madcap Tuesday #6

seems a pretty raw deal for this grace woman. She gets picked because her boss is completely unqualified Takket Tuesday #8

The law doesn't apply to them debsy Tuesday #9

"rogue judges" Skittles Tuesday #12

Fired NJ prosecutor says she's prepared to take job LetMyPeopleVote 25 min ago #14

SheltieLover

(71,914 posts)

1. Is this legal?

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:35 PM

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obamanut2012

(28,656 posts)

4. Bondi legally can't do that

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:54 PM

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In It to Win It

(11,143 posts)

7. From Steve Vladeck:

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:10 PM

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I realize this may seem like a distinction without a difference to a lot of people, but Bondi *canâ€™t* fire a U.S. Attorney appointed by the district court under 28 U.S.C. Â§ 546(d). Only President Trump can.

We went through this with Geoffrey Berman and SDNY during Trump Iâ€¦
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2025-07-22T22:12:23.490Z

SheltieLover

(71,914 posts)

10. Ty

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:20 PM

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Cha

(313,133 posts)

11. TY.. bodiTraitor Needs KAMA NOW.

Reply to In It to Win It (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:29 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(166,581 posts)

13. Thank you

Reply to In It to Win It (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:59 AM

Yesterday

I agree with Prof. Vladeck

Lovie777

(19,392 posts)

2. DOJ going to fire all the replacements?.........................

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:37 PM

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malaise

(286,899 posts)

3. WTF?

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:41 PM

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Rec

berniesandersmittens

(12,208 posts)

5. Blatant corruption

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:23 PM

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Surely this isn't legal

The Madcap

(1,324 posts)

6. We are quickly approaching

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:07 PM

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Total collapse of the system. Full corruption. Thank goodness there are other countries that can preserve civilization, as we are quickly destroying ours.

Takket

(23,094 posts)

8. seems a pretty raw deal for this grace woman. She gets picked because her boss is completely unqualified

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:12 PM

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and gets fired for her trouble? Did she have to accept that position or was she just appointed? Don't really understand how this works. (Do judges normally pick top Federal prosecutors???)

debsy

(624 posts)

9. The law doesn't apply to them

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:15 PM

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We have a rogue federal government. Nobody can (Dems) or will (rethugs) hold any of them accountable for anything. The Supreme Court gave Trump all the power. He and his minions can do whatever they want. Trump can pardon anyone for anything.

Skittles

(166,154 posts)

12. "rogue judges"

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Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:30 PM

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only TRUMP WHORES need apply

LetMyPeopleVote

(166,581 posts)

14. Fired NJ prosecutor says she's prepared to take job

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Thu Jul 24, 2025, 10:47 AM

25 min ago

This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5417448-desiree-grace-new-jersey-federal-prosecutor/

A New Jersey prosecutor selected by judges to replace President Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, said Wednesday she is prepared to assume the role, despite having been fired by top Justice Department (DOJ) officials a day earlier.

Desiree Grace, the prosecutor, said in a LinkedIn post that she’s honored by her appointment “on merit” and is ready to begin serving “in accordance with the law.”

“I’ve served under both Republican and Democratic administrations,” she wrote in the lengthy post. “I’ve been promoted four times in the last five years by both — including four months ago by this administration. Politics never impacted my work at the Department. Priorities change, of course, and resources are shifted, but the work and the mission were steady.”

Grace’s intention to abide by the judges’ order heightens the standoff with senior Justice Department officials in Washington, who have doubled down in support of Habba continuing to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for New Jersey.

A former personal lawyer to Trump, Habba’s 120-day interim term is set to expire this week. Her trial period has at times been contentious; two Democratic public officials faced criminal charges over an incident at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility under her leadership.

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