Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval

Federal judge said prosecutors picked to replace Alina Habba repeated error of bypassing congressional approval

Three prosecutors installed by Donald Trump’s administration to lead the New Jersey attorney general’s office after the president’s former personal lawyer was disqualified from the role in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge has ruled.

Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, handpicked the three to replace Alina Habba, who resigned after a succession of district and appeals court rulings that she was serving illegally because she never received Senate confirmation.

On Monday, federal judge Matthew Brann said Bondi’s actions repeated the same error of bypassing congressional approval for the appointments. He stopped short of ordering their removal pending a government appeal – but, in a blistering 130-page ruling, said overreach by the executive branch could jeopardise all of its cases before him.

  • 1.ceramics926@kopitalk.netEnglish
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    6 个月前

    Some, including myself, already are of the opinion that the US is an autocracy because its billionaire class has effectively taken over the reigns. Whatever checks there are don’t actually balance out the billionaires with the rest of greater America.