The incident raises questions about the separation of powers, executive authority over justice and the independence of federal prosecutions.

The president wants to keep his former personal lawyer as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney.

There’s drama happening in the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey, and it’s leaving questions over who is actually in charge of federal prosecutors in the state.

President Donald Trump has moved to keep his former defense attorney Alina Habba on the job as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, even though a panel of judges refused to extend her tenure.