Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues Alina Habba, alleging ‘false arrest and malicious prosecution’

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues Alina Habba, alleging ‘false arrest and malicious prosecution’ Alina Habba's criminal case against Ras Baraka collapsed quickly. Now, the tables have turned, and the Newark mayor is suing the prosecutor.

June 3, 2025, 11:21 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

When the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, dropped all charges against Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of New Jersey’s Newark, it might’ve seemed as if the legal dispute were over. It was not.

On the contrary, a few weeks after the incident that sparked the dropped criminal case, the tables have turned, and Baraka is now suing Habba. The New York Times reported :

[Baraka] filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against Alina Habba, the interim U.S. atto