Donald Trump's legal advisor and former lawyer Alina Habba tried to avoid taking her new position as interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. In an announcement earlier this month, the president said he had given Habba the position "effective immediately.

President Donald Trump named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

Alina Habba, a White House counselor who was previously a personal lawyer for President Trump, was sworn in Friday as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. A staunch defender of the