Top U.S. Prosecutor in New Jersey, a Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor

[highplainsdem]

Source: NYT

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey said she had directed lawyers in her office to investigate the state’s Democratic governor and attorney general over a statewide policy that limits how much help local police can provide federal immigration officers.

The prosecutor, Alina Habba, called the inquiry a “warning for everybody” in announcing it late Thursday during an appearance on Fox News. She said she was singling out Philip D. Murphy, the governor, and Matthew J. Platkin, the attorney general, for scrutiny.

Anybody who gets “in the way” of President Trump’s efforts to deport migrants will be charged “for obstruction, for concealment,” Ms. Habba, the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, warned.

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Ms. Habba’s comments come as the Trump administration prepares to put New Jersey at the center of its push to deport undocumented immigrants by reopening a 1,000-bed detention center near Newark Liberty International Airport to house those facing deportation.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html

[Harker]

1. I expect her dismal record of courtroom defeats to continue. n/t

[SunSeeker]

2. Pretty blatant case of maliscious prosecution.

I don't think any New Jersey jury would be reception to her bullshit, if it ever even got to a jury.

[Nonnia Bisnez]

3. She must have gotten her law degree from a diploma mill.

Hasn't she ever heard of the tenth amendment or the anticommandeering precident.

[AntiFascist]

4. FIGHT BACK! Arrest and detain any "agents" who are denying due process. n/t