The one-time personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, Alina Habba, who he wanted to make New Jersey attorney, appeared on Fox News to complain that federal judges weren’t doing their job of ”respecting the president.”

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann found that Habba, installed in New Jersey on an interim basis, had been working unlawfully as the top prosecutor since July 1 and that her actions since then could be declared void.

She had been Trump’s preferred pick for the New Jersey job, but the Brann ruling could open the door to a wider review of the administration’s method for appointing prosecutors.

“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 tha

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