Trump appointed her as interim attorney, but to stay full-time, Habba would need to be approved by district judges or have the Senate confirm her position. On Tuesday, New Jersey’s federal judges instead chose to replace Habba with longtime prosecutor Desiree Leigh Grace, who served as Habba’s assistant.

New Jersey District Court judges on Tuesday declined to make Alina Habba’s job as the state’s U.S. attorney permanent, instead tapping second-in-command Desiree Grace for the role.

Earlier this month, after President Trump nominated Alina Habba for a full term as U.S. attorney, I wrote that it was hard to see her lasting past her 120-day term as interim U.S. attorney given her conduct in office and opposition from Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim. Habba’s term expires Tuesday.

Alina Habba, a New Jersey native who has been serving as its top prosecutor, has garnered the enthusiastic support of the National Troopers Coalition, National Association of Police Organizations and National Police Defense Foundation since being nominated in March.

Alina Habba Gets a New Job. Published Mar 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT Updated Mar 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM EDT. By . Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina.

Alina Habba, who has used her job as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor to aggressively target Democrats, is pursuing an investigation into remarks made by Gov. Phil Murphy about housing a migrant.

Budget cuts at VA paused for now 03:11. Counselor to the president Alina Habba on Tuesday said veterans who were let go from their federal jobs "perhaps" are "not fit to have a job at this moment ...