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Alina Habba nominated for full term as US Attorney
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Habba has been serving in an interim role that is set to end soon
The White House on Tuesday officially sent Alina Habba’s name to the U.S. Senate to be confirmed for a full four-year term as U.S. Attorney of New Jersey.
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Alina Habba nominated for full term as US Attorney
Clip: 7/1/2025 | 1m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
The White House on Tuesday officially sent Alina Habba’s name to the U.S. Senate to be confirmed for a full four-year term as U.S. Attorney of New Jersey.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd earlier today, the White House officially sent Alina Hapa's name to the Senate to be nominated for the full four-year term as U.S. Attorney of New Jersey.
President Trump tapped her in March to serve in an interim role, which, depending on how you read the federal law, means her 120-day term either expires today or in a couple of weeks.
And she's shaken up the office since taking the position, launching an election integrity task force to enforce the president's election-related executive orders and targeting the Democratic establishment here through a controversial arrest of Newark Mayor Raz Baraka outside an ICE detention center and charging Congresswoman Lamonica McIver with assaulting federal officers during that same scuffle.
Hapa also claimed to have launched an investigation into Governor Murphy and Attorney General Matt Plotkin, but her nomination needs to be confirmed by the Senate.
We reached out to Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim today for comment, but they were unavailable.
Both, though, have said publicly in the past they would not support her for a full term.
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