Parking lot lawyer, Alina Habba, is "unlawfully serving" as a the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, a federal judge has ruled. Her 120 day interim appointment expired at the end of July, but she used a “novel series of legal and personnel moves” to stay in the job without getting the required confirmation, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann has determined.

He wrote in his order: “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." Therefore, any actions she has undertaken, especially in regard to legal cases, “may be declared void.”

He has given the Department of Justice time to appeal.

It is unclear what will happen with Habba's position n

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