Trump criticizes ‘horrible’ system after Alina Habba forced out as US attorney

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00:00Alina Haba, the former personal attorney to President Trump and his hand-picked U.S. attorney

00:08in New Jersey, is out. She resigned Monday, just days after a federal appeals court ruled

00:13she had been serving in the role unlawfully. Haba was one of Trump's most high-profile

00:18U.S. attorney appointments, and stalled after her Senate confirmation, stalled. But last week,

00:24a unanimous three-judge panel said the administration's workarounds violated federal

00:29vacancy law, effectively stripping Haba of authority and freezing parts of New Jersey's

00:34federal docket. In a statement on social media, Haba said she's stepping down to protect the

00:40stability and integrity of the office, adding, quote, this decision will not weaken the Justice

00:45Department, and it will not weaken me. She will now serve as a senior advisor to Attorney General

00:50Pam Bondi, overseeing U.S. attorneys nationwide, while the DOJ prepares an appeal. Trump was asked

00:57by reporters on Monday his reaction to it all. You've got a blue slip thing that's horrible.

01:02It's a horrible thing. It makes it impossible to appoint a judge or a U.S. attorney, and it's a

01:09shame. And the Republicans should be ashamed of themselves that they allow this to go on,

01:13because I can't appoint a U.S. attorney that's not a Democrat, because they put a block on it.

01:19The president there blaming the Senate's blue slip tradition, which lets the two home state U.S.

01:25senators block nominees for why Haba and dozens of his picks have been tied up.

01:29I guess I just have to keep appointing people for three months and then just appoint another one,

01:34another one. And it's a very sad situation. We're losing tremendous. We're losing a lot of great

01:40people. We have about seven U.S. attorneys who are not going to be able to keep their jobs much longer

01:46because of the blue slip. Haba's exit comes as several Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys

01:52have also been found to be serving illegally under similar appointment maneuvers.

01:57New Jersey will now be run by a three-prosecutor team until the White House names a permanent nominee.