After months of controversy, New Jersey is likely to have a new U.S. attorney.

Alina Habba, a former lawyer to President Donald Trump whom he later appointed as New Jersey's top prosecutor, has officially resigned as of Dec. 8 .

This comes just days after a federal appeals court determined that Habba was unlawfully appointed as the state's federal prosecutor and disqualified her from supervising cases.

In a statement posted to X, Habba said that she is resigning as acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey in order to "protect the stability and integrity of the office."

"But do not mistake compliance for surrender," she added.

Habba was initially appointed in March as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. Although her 120-day term ended in July, the Justice Depar

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