Source: NBC News
“Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday fired a federal prosecutor whom New Jersey’s federal judges had named to replace the state’s interim U.S. attorney, Alina Habba, a close ally of President Donald Trump. … Desiree Leigh Grace was named U.S. attorney for New Jersey, according to an order the chief judge for the District of New Jersey, Renee Marie Bumb, signed Tuesday. The order means judges declined to extend Habba’s interim role, which expires after 120 days. … But Bondi said that Grace ‘has just been removed’ and that the ‘Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers.’ … The plan is to reinstall Habba in the position in some capacity, as the administration did with the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, but no specific method has been established yet, the person said.” (07/22/25)