Alina Habba, President Donald Trump 's former personal defense lawyer, declared on Thursday that she has resumed her post as acting U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey.

New Jersey's U.S. District Court judges opted to appoint someone else, but a Justice Department maneuver has kept Alina Habba in the post.

After a criminal defense attorney for an accused drug trafficker complained, Alina Habba insists her reappointment as acting U.S. attorney was the real deal. The post 'The premise is wrong' and 'fails for many reasons': Alina Habba tells judge she actually was lawfully reappointed as acting US attorney — and this is why first appeared on Law & Crime.