Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba slammed Republican Senators Thom Tillis (NC) and Chuck Grassley (IA) after a judge ruled that President Donald Trump appointed her unlawfully.

During a Sunday interview with Habba on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo noted that Democratic senators had used so-called "blue slips" to prevent the Senate from approving some of Trump's nominations.

"It allows senators to block certain nominees who would oversee their home states," Bartiromo explained. "The practice is a Senate tradition. It is not the law."

"We're fighting as usual," Habba said. "It's the new lawfare. It's the same thing that they tried with Tish James. And now they're doing it with U.S. attorneys and judges, and it's not just me."

"This tradition that Senator Grassley is upholdi

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