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Alina Habba Has Signed Dozens of Indictments. Her Authority to Do So Is Dubious.

“There’s a risk. But that office apparently thinks it’s worth the risk,” one source told NOTUS.

Alina Habba

Alina Habba speaks after being sworn in as interim US Attorney General for New Jersey. (Pool via AP) AP

By Jose Pagliery

November 3, 2025 05:44 a.m.

Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey whose White House appointment has already been deemed unlawful by a judge, has signed off on at least 28 indictments after being told she doesn’t have the authority to do so.

In doing so, she has put those and dozens of other prosecutions at risk, according to several former employees of the office.

“There’s a risk. But that office apparently thinks it’s worth the risk,” one source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told NOTUS.