beSpacific<p>A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> on Thursday sided with two <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/defendants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defendants</span></a> who sought to block a former personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyer</span></a> to President <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a>, from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/prosecuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecuting</span></a> them based on a claim she was <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unlawfully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unlawfully</span></a> appointed as the state's top <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/prosecutor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutor</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-rules-alina-habba-was-unlawfully-appointed-us-attorney-new-jersey-2025-08-21/#ruleoflaw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/j</span><span class="invisible">udge-rules-alina-habba-was-unlawfully-appointed-us-attorney-new-jersey-2025-08-21/#ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>