Trump names his former defense lawyer Alina Habba to be interim US attorney for New Jersey

Former defense attorney and White House counselor Alina Habba is a New Jersey native who’ll succeed John Giordano as interim US attorney in the state where the president has several golf clubs.Giordano is being nominated as ambassador to Namibia, the president said.Habba has been a rising star in Trump’s orbit after representing him in various legal matters over the past few years.A partner at a small New Jersey law firm near Trump’s Bedminster golf course, Habba served as a senior adviser for his political action committee, defended him in court in several lawsuits and acted as a spokesperson last year as he volleyed between courtrooms and the campaign trail....