A U.S. District Court Judge found that President Donald Trump‘s former attorney, Alina Habba, has been illegally serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey since July.

“Faced with the question of whether Ms. Habba is lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, I conclude that she is not,” Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann wrote in a ruling issued Thursday. “Because she is not currently qualified to exercise the functions and duties of the office in an acting capacity, she must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases.”

Habba was appointed to the role of New Jersey’s top prosecutor on an interim basis in March. Her tenure was limited to 120 days by statute, after which point

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