The attorney general blasts judges for not allowing Alina Habba, a Trump ally, to continue leading the U.S. attorney’s office.

President Trump’s war with the judiciary escalated Tuesday with the firing of an attorney named by federal judges to replace Alina Habba, the loyalist he tapped as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

The Garden State's Democratic U.S. senators had voiced opposition to the former Trump attorney and spokesperson.

A dramatic showdown unfolds as Attorney General Pam Bondi cites "rogue judges" in axing Desiree Leigh Grace, igniting a constitutional clash over presidential power. The Justice Department on Tuesday fired Desiree Leigh Grace as the newly appointed U.

Habba signaled that she does not plan to leave her role as the temporary U.S. attorney of New Jersey, announcing she does "not cower" to pressure.

Federal judges appointed Desiree Leigh Grace to replace Habba before U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired her.

The Trump administration opened a new front in its war with the courts this week — and fired a veteran federal prosecutor in the process — in a dramatic tussle over the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office.

New Jersey’s federal judges declined to appoint Alina Habba to continue in her role as acting U.S. attorney. The Justice Department fired the prosecutor the courts chose to replace her.