The attorney general said she removed the official who was set to replace President Donald Trump's pick to be the top New Jersey federal prosecutor.

A criminal defense attorney for an accused drug trafficker has asked a judge to declare that acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba's unusual reappointment was illegal. The post Accused drug trafficker's lawyer asks court to declare that anything Alina Habba does is 'without legal effect' after DOJ's 'usurpation of judicial authority' first appeared on Law & Crime.

President Donald Trump’s administration sidestepped tradition this week and criticized judges who sought to bypass his ally as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey — a pattern that may repeat itself in other Democratic-leaning states.

A panel of judges declined to permanently appoint Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba as the state's top federal prosecutor and instead appointed the office's No. 2 attorney.