Desiree Lee Grace was appointed by New Jersey district court judges to replace Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, who reportedly lacks the votes to be formally confirmed by the Senate as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

The DOJ says “rogue judges” just can’t stand the “outstanding work” of Trump’s former attorney as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

The Trump administration believes it has found a workaround to keep the president’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney and outflank federal judges who sought to replace her.

Trump appears to be using the same playbook he did with a New York federal prosecutor appointee to extend Habba’s term as U.S. attorney for New Jersey — a position that usually requires Senate confirmation.

New Jersey’s federal judges declined to appoint Alina Habba to continue in her role as acting U.S. attorney. The Justice Department fired the prosecutor the courts chose to replace her.

The Trump administration opened a new front in its war with the courts this week — and fired a veteran federal prosecutor in the process — in a dramatic tussle over the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office.