President Donald Trump has named longtime adviser and private lawyer Alina Habba to be the interim U.S. Legal professional for the District of New Jersey.
Habba at present works within the White Home as a counselor to the president.
“It is with great pleasure that I am announcing Alina Habba, Esq., who is currently serving as Counselor to the President, and has represented me for a long time, will be our interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, her Home State, effective immediately!,” President Trump stated in a submit on Reality Social. “Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both ‘Fair and Just’ for the wonderful people of New Jersey.”
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Alina Habba, newly appointed interim U.S. Legal professional for District of New Jersey, speaks to reporters exterior the White Home on March 24, 2025, in Washington DC. U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Habba, who at present serves as Counselor to the President, to exchange present lawyer John Giordano who was nominated function Ambassador to Namibia. (Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
Habba will substitute John Giordano, who will change into U.S. Ambassador to Namibia, Trump introduced.
She is a loyal defender and supporter of the president and was a fixture by his facet at a number of courtroom instances in New York Metropolis, together with at New York Legal professional Common Tish James’ civil fraud trial in opposition to Trump and within the president’s sexual abuse and defamation instances introduced by E. Jean Carroll.
“I am honored to serve my home state of New Jersey as Interim U.S. Attorney and I am grateful to President Trump for entrusting me with this tremendous responsibility. Just like I did during my time as President Trump’s personal attorney, I will continue to fight for truth and justice. We will end the weaponization of justice, once and for all,” Habba stated in a social submit on X.
I’m honored to serve my residence state of New Jersey as Interim U.S. Legal professional and I’m grateful to President Trump for entrusting me with this super accountability. Similar to I did throughout my time as President Trump’s private lawyer, I’ll proceed to struggle for reality and…
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) March 24, 2025
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 11: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his attorneys Christopher Kise and Alina Habba attend the closing arguments within the Trump Group civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Courtroom on January 11, 2024 in New York Metropolis. Trump will not make his personal closing arguments after his attorneys objected to Choose Arthur Engoron’s insistence that Trump keep inside the bounds of “relevant, material facts that are in evidence” of the case. Prosecutors allege that Trump and his two sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump conspired to inflate his internet price on monetary statements supplied to banks and insurers to safe loans. New York Legal professional Common Letitia James has sued in search of $370 million in damages. (Photograph by Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Photos)
In response to the U.S. lawyer’s workplace web site, “The District of New Jersey is a single district with three vicinages: Newark, Trenton and Camden. Together, the three district offices and their Assistant U.S. Attorneys and supervisors effectively cover the entire state – from High Point to Cape May Point – to enforce criminal and civil statutes of the United States.”
