TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has moved to keep his former defense attorney Alina Habba on the job as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, even though a panel of judges refused to extend her tenure.

The Department of Justice quickly fired the newly named US attorney in New Jersey on Tuesday after federal judges in the state declined to extend Alina Habba’s interim appointment.

A power struggle has erupted in the New Jersey US attorney's office as federal judges appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to the top post, ousting Alina Hab

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) reacts to an ethics complaint filed against him and attacks US Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): This far-right extremist group that I've never heard of filed this ethics complaint right here,