President's Trump's former defense attorney has been sworn in as the new top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

Levy stepped down as US attorney in January, and Leah Foley was promoted to the role. “It was the privilege of my career to serve in that capacity,” Levy said. “Every day wasn’t easy.

“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian Hauss, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union.

A lawyer had moved the top court for discharge from a criminal trial after being implicated in a cheating and forgery case.