President Donald Trump called Alina Haba on Monday, his personal lawyer converted to the Minister of the House of Representatives, to serve as the next interim prosecutor of the United States for the New Jersey district.
“Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that his career has defined, and will fight tirelessly to ensure a legal system that is” fair and fair “for the wonderful people of New Jersey,” Trump wrote on his social platform.
He had promised to “end the Justice weapon, once and for all” in his new position.
“I feel honored to serve my native state of New Jersey as an interim lawyer of the United States and I am grateful to President Trump for trusting this tremendous responsibility,” he published in X. “As I did during my time as President Trump’s personal lawyer, I will continue fighting for the truth and justice. We will end the weapon of justice, once and for all.”
Alina Habba, an interim prosecutor of the United States recently appointed for the New Jersey district, speaks with journalists outside the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington.
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Trump said he would replace the current American interim prosecutor, John Giordano, whom he will name as the ambassador to Namibia.
He had jumped to fame as a member of the Trump circle after several years in private practice in New Jersey.
After working as a merchant in the Fashion Company Marc Jacobs for two years, he had attended the Law Faculty of the Commonwealth of the University of Widener in Pennsylvania, graduating in 2011. He served a one -year internship with the then new judge of the Superior Court of Jersey, Eugene Codey Jr. 2020, focusing civil and commercial litigation in civil and commercial litigation.
According to reports, they familiarized Trump through membership in his Bedminster, New Jersey, the Golf Club, Haba’s great rest with the former president arrived when he represented him in a demand of $ 100 million against the New York Times and his niece, Mary L. Trump.
The New York Times demand was ultimately dismissed, and the other cases of Haba for Trump have resulted in a mixed record. He received Trump praise after Summer Zervos, a former “apprentice” contestant who accused the former president of sexual assault, launched his defamation case against Trump.
But when he had filed a lawsuit claiming that Hillary Clinton and others conspired to damage Trump’s reputation, the judge supervised the case dismissed the lawsuit, he accused Trump of “using the courts to take revenge on political adversaries,” and fined Trump and had almost $ 1 million.
Haba was linked to Trump when serving as his legal spokesman after his four criminal accusations, and appearing beside him every day he attended in his judgment of civil fraud in New York. Along the way, your company has been paid $ 3.6 million of Trump’s political action committees, according to the records reviewed by ABC News.
She has cited her experiences with the former president to not only defend her behavior but also her character. Appearing in Fox News after Trump was accused of illegal retention of documents classified in Florida, he said about Trump: “He is the most ethical American I know.”
When announcing his appointment as a counselor for the president in December, Trump said that “Alina has been a tireless defender of justice, a fierce defender of the rule of law and an invaluable advisor of my campaign and transition team. She has been unwavering in her loyalty and without equal in her resolution, standing with me through numerous” essays “, and insecure days in the court.”
-ABC News’ Peter Charalambous contributed to this report
