Trump Appoints Alina Habba as Interim US Attorney for New Jersey

Habba is Trump’s former personal attorney and currently counselor to the president.

Alina Habba, counselor to President Donald Trump, makes a statement to the press outside the West Wing of the White House, after being appointed interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey in Washington on March 24, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has announced that Alina Habba, counselor to the president, will step in as interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, effective immediately.

“Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both ‘Fair and Just’ for the wonderful people of New Jersey,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on March 24.