A bipartisan group of Congress members has waded into the fight over whether Alina Habba should keep her job as New Jersey's U.S. attorney, arguing that the Trump administration's 'machinations' to keep her in office violate a federal law meant to reinforce the separation of powers required by the Constitution.

The brief filed Wednesday by Democrat Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, four other House Democrats, and a former Republican congressman comes one day before a federal judge in Pennsylvania will hear arguments in a criminal defendant's challenge of Habba's authority.

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Lawyers are expected to square off Friday in Williamsport before U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann over Irvington man Julien Giraud Jr.'

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