Alina Habba replaced as New Jersey’s top prosecutor

Published July 22, 2025 3:11pm ET



Trump ally Alina Habba was replaced as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Tuesday after failing to secure enough votes from the state’s federal judges in order to remain in the role.

Renée Marie Bumb, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, issued the order after Habba served a 120-day stint as the state’s top federal prosecutor. Desiree Leigh Grace, whom Habba named as her first assistant in the U.S. attorney’s office, was appointed to replace Habba as the full-time U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.

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