Newly elected Democratic New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill, who beat President Trump’s officially endorsed GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli in November, discussed the recent resignation of Trump’s former personal attorney Alina Habba, from her position as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.
Sherrill, a former federal prosecutor, wrote: “Alina Habba was completely unqualified to lead the U.S Attorneys’ Office for the District of New Jersey, where I once served. She explicitly politicized the office, weaponized it against the president’s perceived political opponents, and unlawfully stayed in this role until she was finally removed by the courts. New Jerseyans deserve a U.S. Attorney who is impartial, qualified, experienced, and who puts the safety and security of our residents above all else, especially partisan politics. I look forward to working with the next lawfully appointed U.S. Attorney to keep all New Jerseyans safe.”
Name one case I charged that was “explicitly political” or one time I weaponized my office “against the president’s perceived political opponents” @MikieSherrill
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) December 9, 2025
You want to attack you better come with some facts. https://t.co/QYlF5SguRv
Habba replied to Sherrill on social media: “Name one case I charged that was ‘explicitly political’ or one time I weaponized my office ‘against the president’s perceived political opponents’ @MikieSherrill,” she added, “You want to attack you better come with some facts.”
Note: When she assumed the role earlier this year, Habba announced that she would open an investigation into Democratic Governor Phil Murphy and said she wanted to “turn New Jersey red.”
In May, when Habba charged the Democratic Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, with assault after an incident at a ICE immigration detention facility, the judge who dismissed the charges against Baraka rebuked Habba’s office for the arrest, warning against use of the office “to advance political agendas.”
Habba said she was resigning “to protect the stability and integrity” of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, after a judge’s ruling found that she was in the position illegally.
That decision was slammed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said in a statement that “the court’s ruling has made it untenable for her to effectively run her office, with politicized judges pausing trials designed to bring violent criminals to justice.”
Bondi questioned the authority of the judge, saying, “these judges should not be able to countermand the President’s choice of attorneys entrusted with carrying out the executive branch’s core responsibility of prosecuting crime.”
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 8, 2025
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