U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) released the following statement after Alina Habba, President Trump’s pick for Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced her resignation from her illegally obtained post:

“Donald Trump and his right-wing partisans are not above the law. Alina Habba is gone, and not a moment too soon. Her illegal appointment caused major problems for federal courts here in New Jersey and she abused her power to go after Trump’s political opponents. Partisan politics have no place in New Jersey’s or America’s justice systems.”

Habba’s resignation comes after a Third Circuit court ruling confirmed that Habba was not legally serving as Acting U.S. Attorney, under the provisions of the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act—a 2007 law which requires Senate confirmation of U.S. attorneys within 120 days, and which Pallone helped pass.