He Was Denied Entry With A Bat. So He Ransacked Trump?s Controversial NJ Attorney?s Office By Hand

One day after being confronted by an intruder and having property in her office damaged, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba says she ?will not be intimidated.?

Shortly after U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced that Habba?s office had been ransacked on Wednesday night, Habba shared the X post, adding:

"I will not be intimidated by radical lunatics for doing my job," she wrote.

A report from the New York Times said that the intruder did not have an appointment with Habba and tried to enter the Newark office with a baseball bat.

The man was originally turned away by security, but returned later without the bat and began ?yelling incoherently and smashing property,? around Habba?s office, according to the report.

Authorities have not announced any arrests regarding the incident, with a search for the alleged vandal underway.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy condemned the situation, saying he was grateful to hear Habba is "safe and unharmed."

"It is absolutely unacceptable to make threats against federal officials," Murphy wrote on X. "Political violence has no place in our nation."

The altercation comes as Habba?s position as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey is put in question.

The former personal lawyer for Donald Trump was appointed to the position by the president in March. She was supposed to step down from the position in July, until the Trump administration moved to keep her there without approval from the U.S. Senate, which is required by federal law.

Federal judges intended to replace Habba with First Assistant U.S. Attorney Desiree Grace, who was fired by Bondi before she could be appointed.

A month following Habba?s unapproved reappointment, a federal judge ordered that her position was unlawful and that she was required to step down.

?I conclude that she is not statutorily eligible to perform the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney and has therefore unlawfully held the role since July 24, 2025,? U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann wrote in the August ruling.

Habba and the Trump administration have filed an appeal on Brann's ruling, which has not yet seen a conclusion. Meanwhile, New Jersey court cases have been derailed as a result of the litigation.

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