Newark, New Jersey – Someone tried to confront a New Jersey federal prosecutor in her office Wednesday night, Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
The person destroyed property in the office of Acting US Attorney Alina Haba in Newark before fleeing. Bondi said in a post to X Thursday.
“Fortunately, Alina is okay,” Bundy said.
Haba was previously President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, representing him in various cases and serving as his spokesman on legal matters. She served as a White House advisor for a brief period before Trump appointed her as interim US Attorney General in March.
“I won’t be intimidated by extreme lunatics for doing my job.” Haba wrote on X.
The FBI said it was aware of the alleged attack. A message seeking comment was left for Hobba’s office.
“No acts of violence or threats of violence against any federal officer will be tolerated. Period,” Bondi said in her X post.
She added: “We will find this person, and he will be brought to justice.”
In a mail On X Day, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said he was grateful Hapa was unharmed.
He added: “It is absolutely unacceptable to make threats against federal officials.” “Political violence has no place in our nation.”
Trump formally nominated Hapa to be New Jersey’s permanent attorney general on July 1, but the state’s two Democratic senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, opposed it. Disable the confirmation process.
A few weeks later, as Haba’s 120-day temporary appointment expired, New Jersey federal judges moved to replace her with his second-in-command. Bondi Then he fired that prosecutor He renamed Hapa to acting U.S. Attorney General.
Last month, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held I heard the arguments in the case Challenge her appointment. He did not rule.