{"id":125284,"date":"2025-07-02T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/02\/new-jersey-senators-say-alina-habba-has-degraded-the-u-s-attorneys-office\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:02:33","slug":"new-jersey-senators-say-alina-habba-has-degraded-the-u-s-attorneys-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/02\/new-jersey-senators-say-alina-habba-has-degraded-the-u-s-attorneys-office\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Senators Say Alina Habba Has \u2018Degraded\u2019 The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The people of New Jersey deserve a US Attorney that has deep experience with law enforcement, a reputation and an approach that puts partisanship to the side, and who will work to keep our communities safe and impartially pursue justice. In her short tenure as interim US Attorney, she has degraded the office and pursued frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions. It\u2019s clear that Alina Habba does not meet the standard to serve the people of New Jersey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i>A <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/booker-kim-rebuke-habbas-nomination-as-u-s-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> offered by Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cory_Booker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cory Booker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Kim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Andy Kim<\/a> (D-NJ), in response to Donald Trump\u2019s decision to nominate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alina_Habba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alina Habba<\/a>, who has served as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey for several months, to a four-year term in the role.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/07\/new-jersey-senators-say-alina-habba-has-degraded-the-u-s-attorneys-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Senators Say Alina Habba Has \u2018Degraded\u2019 The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/alina-habba-GettyImages-2206684952-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"post-single__featured-image-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><u>Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/quote-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The people of New Jersey deserve a US Attorney that has deep experience with law enforcement, a reputation and an approach that puts partisanship to the side, and who will work to keep our communities safe and impartially pursue justice. In her short tenure as interim US Attorney, she has degraded the office and pursued frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions. It\u2019s clear that Alina Habba does not meet the standard to serve the people of New Jersey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><i>\u2014 <\/i>A <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/congress\/booker-kim-rebuke-habbas-nomination-as-u-s-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">statement<\/a> offered by Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cory_Booker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cory Booker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Kim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Andy Kim<\/a> (D-NJ), in response to Donald Trump\u2019s decision to nominate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alina_Habba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alina Habba<\/a>, who has served as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey for several months, to a four-year term in the role.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#285b5c494b4168494a475e4d5c404d44495f064b4745\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The people of New Jersey deserve a US Attorney that has deep experience with law enforcement, a reputation and an approach that puts partisanship to the side, and who will work to keep our communities safe and impartially pursue justice. 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