Newark, New Jersey – A man has been arrested after federal officials alleged that He destroyed property While trying to confront New Jersey federal prosecutor, Alina Haba.
FBI spokeswoman Emily Molinari confirmed Saturday that Keith Michael Lisa, 51, had been arrested.
Molinari did not say when and where Lisa was arrested, what charges he might face, whether he is in prison, or when he might appear before a judge. It is not clear whether Lisa is represented by an attorney. The federal public defender in Newark did not immediately respond to an email Saturday asking if he was representing Lisa.
On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information about Lisa, saying he was wanted on charges of destroying government property and possessing a dangerous weapon in a US court. That bulletin said Lisa tried to enter the federal office building in downtown Newark on Wednesday with a bat and was turned away. Lisa returned without the paddle and was admitted, the bulletin said. He then went to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where Haba works, and destroyed the property, the release said.
Prosecutor Pam Bondi he wrote in a post on X on Saturday that the FBI, US Marshals Service and US Homeland Security Investigations worked together to arrest Lisa.
“No one will get away with threatening or intimidating our great American lawyers or having their offices destroyed,” Bondi wrote.
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.
“We got it” Haba wrote on X on saturday. “This Department of Justice, headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, and our federal partners will not tolerate any acts of intimidation or violence toward law enforcement. We are very grateful to the FBI, US Marshals Service, and US Homeland Security Investigations for their diligent work to catch him. Now justice will deal with him.”
Bondi had vowed that federal officials would find and prosecute the person, previously writing that “no acts of violence or threats of violence against any federal officer will be tolerated.”
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.