Federal criminal cases in New Jersey remain in chaos with judges postponing sentencings, plea hearings and status conferences this week as questions swirl about the authority of former Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba to serve as the acting US attorney.

In a span of eight days, Alina Habba was accused of violating the Hatch Act; removed as interim U.S. attorney by district court judges and replaced with a career prosecutor who was quickly fired by the Trump administration; and then named acting U.S. attorney.

After a criminal defense attorney for an accused drug trafficker complained, Alina Habba insists her reappointment as acting U.S. attorney was the real deal. The post 'The premise is wrong' and 'fails for many reasons': Alina Habba tells judge she actually was lawfully reappointed as acting US attorney — and this is why first appeared on Law & Crime.