Alina Habba is stepping away from one of the most powerful legal jobs in the United States, but she insists she is not backing down. In a move that lays bare the deep tensions between Donald Trump's administration and the federal courts, the acting US attorney for New Jersey has resigned while vowing that her 'compliance' with a court ruling should not be seen as 'surrender'.
Her exit closes one chapter in a bruising legal fight over how top federal prosecutors are appointed, and what happens when judges, the White House and the Justice Department collide.
