The Trump administration cleared the way for Alina Habba to remain in her role as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey on Thursday, an unusual move to withdraw her from consideration, enabling her to serve in an acting capacity.

Habba’s tenure as interim U.S. attorney was set to expire on Friday, but she announced on social media that she would remain as New Jersey’s acting U.S. attorney after the Department of Justice confirmed the White House withdrew her nomination in a workaround effort to keep her in her role. Earlier this week, a panel of district judges appointed her top deputy, Desiree Grace, to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey.