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1 month ago

Alina Habba Breaks New Jersey Court System - Above the Law

In March, Trump installed Matthew Giordano, an experienced prosecutor and campaign donor, as US Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Three weeks later, he shoved Giordano aside, mumbling that he was honoring him with an appointment as ambassador to Namibia. Instead Trump installed his personal lawyer Alina Habba, a loyalist with zero prosecutorial experience. Trump nominated Habba for a full term, but the Senate never took up her appointment - and indeed she appears never to have even bothered to fill out the paperwork.
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