Alina Habba, the former personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, who had been serving as the US attorney for the state of New Jersey, stepped down from her post after a court ruling found her ineligible to serve in the post.
In an X post, Habba, who is known as a staunch Trump supporter, said that she was resigning from the post in order to safeguard “the stability and integrity of the office which I love.”
“But do not mistake compliance for surrender,” she stated on X. “This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me.”
Here’s a timeline of events that led to the resignation of Alina Habba:
1. Habba, in 2021, joined Donald Trump’s personal legal team after a meeting with him at a Bedminster, New Jersey golf club.
2. Soon after being hired, she filed a lawsuit against The New York Times on Trump’s behalf. The lawsuit was also filed against three of their reporters and Mary L Trump, her boss’ niece who has been a vocal critic of his politics.
3. She had also sued Summer Zervos, a woman who had accused Trump of sexual misconduct, where Habba claimed Zervos was trying to stifle Trump’s freedom of speech.
4. Habba went on to represent Trump in a number of cases from 2022, including serving as the lead attorney for Trump in the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump trial.
5. Trump named Habba as his counse