WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania — A Trump administration official on Aug. 15 accused federal judges in New Jersey of causing a constitutional crisis by rejecting the president’s pick for U.S. attorney for New Jersey and ordering her top deputy to assume the post.

That was an “atypical decision,” said attorney Henry C. Whitaker, who went on to blast the judges for not “collaborating” with Trump officials to ensure the top federal prosecutor job would go to someone both the administration and courts agree on.

“The district court initiated this constitutional confrontation that did not need to happen,” said Whitaker, counselor to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Whitaker’s comments came toward the end of four hours of tedious arguments at the Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building, where U.S. Dis

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