This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's pick to be the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, is staying in that position despite a scheme launched by a Democrat in Congress to remove her, and a failed attempt by Democrat judges in the district to do just that.
Habba, named by Trump to be the interim U.S. attorney while her nomination to take the post permanently was pending, had a limited time to remain in that status.
Democrats have been obstructing Trump's nominees in Congress, so the time period was elapsing, and she could remain if approved by the judges in the district.
But they succumbed to a lobbying campaign from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, and decided not to authorize Habba's continuation. So she resigned that post, Trump withdrew her permanent nomination, and she was then named acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey.
She explained on social media: "Donald J. Trump is the 47th President. Pam Bondi is the Attorney General. And I am now the Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. I don't cower to pressure. I don't answer to politics…"
WND has reported when Jeffries found himself facing accusations he's been interfering with a federal criminal case over his political agenda against Habba.
It is Jeffries who is the target of requests by multiple legal activists to the Ethics Committee for an investigation.
The development came about because he actively lobbied federal judges in the district to remove Habba from her post.
Jeffries was enraged at Habba because she charged Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., with obstructing Homeland Security agents during an altercation at an immigration facility in Newark on May 9.
McIver is heading for trial in November.
A report from Fox News explains Jeffries has made claims that Habba isn't qualified because she indicted McIver "for doing her job."
It was the Article III Project that wrote to the House Ethics committee with the explanation that Jeffries "improperly insert[ed] himself into a criminal proceeding."
"This is clear corruption by House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries," the charge said.
Fifteen of the 17 judges in the district owe their jobs to Democrats, and they voted, unsuccessfully, not to have Habba stay in her post.
The complaint against Jeffries said, "A House member – particularly the House Democratic leader – who disagrees with the merits of a pending criminal case abuses his official position when he attempts to strong-arm federal judges to corruptly prejudice the ongoing criminal proceeding by firing the U.S. attorney for the purely political reason of protecting a partisan House colleague."
McIver and two other members of Congress claimed to be doing "oversight" when they physically clashed with federal law enforcement officers.
WND reported McIver physically handled a federal agent at the time.
The judges also now are accused of violating the code of conduct for federal judges.
