Habba Resigns as Acting U.S. Attorney
She announced her resignation as U.S. attorney in a social media post on Monday. She will remain serving as "Senior Adviser to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys."
The resignation comes after a protracted legal fight about whether she could serve in the U.S. attorney role without Senate confirmation.
In August, a federal judge ruled that she was serving in the position "without lawful authority" and disqualified her as New Jersey's top federal law enforcement officer. A federal appeals court unanimously upheld that decision last week, and the Department of Justice has not appealed that decision.
Despite the rulings, Habba remained in the position after Attorney General Pam Bondi named her a "Special Attorney to the Attorney General," though several judges delayed proceedings to consider the legality of her position.
Finally, this from The Hill:
She said in a post on X that she’ll continue to serve the Justice Department as a senior advisor to Attorney General Pam Bondi for U.S. Attorneys. It was not immediately clear what the role entails, though Habba said, “my fight will now stretch across the country.”
“Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl,” she said.
