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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFurious Judge Throws Trump Prosecutor Out of Courtroom in Child Porn Hearing, Orders DOJ Officials to Testify About Alin
Alina Habbas RoleAn exasperated federal judge in New Jersey tossed a prosecutor out of his courtroom Monday after a contentious sentencing hearing in a child pornography case and ordered senior officials from the local U.S. Attorneys Office to come testify about who was actually running their office.
The kerfuffle traces back to President Donald Trumps appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey a year ago, after she had represented him and his super PAC for several years.
In August, Judge Matthew S. Brann, an Obama appointee with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (specially presiding for the New Jersey court), ruled Habba was not lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of
the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and therefore [h]er actions since [her appointment] may be declared void [a]nd because she is not currently qualified to exercise the functions and duties of the office in an acting capacity, she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases.
Branns ruling was upheld at the beginning of this month by a unanimous three-judge panel (two Bush appointees and one Biden appointee) on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/furious-judge-throws-trump-prosecutor-201503683.html
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Furious Judge Throws Trump Prosecutor Out of Courtroom in Child Porn Hearing, Orders DOJ Officials to Testify About Alin (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
12 hrs ago
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Irish_Dem
(81,037 posts)1. This courtroom is better than any reality TV show.
I'd pay cash money to see this.
Figarosmom
(11,667 posts)2. I bet trump bought those giant diamond studs
In her ears.
AllaN01Bear
(29,319 posts)3. ding. this .