NJ Prosecutor Fired to Make Way for Alina Habba Files Appeal
Alina Habba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg
The former deputy for New Jersey’s US attorney claims she was fired in “direct retaliation” for judges appointing her as the state’s top federal prosecutor.
Desiree Grace said her July 22 termination was “completely unjustified,” according to her appeal filed to the US Merit Systems Protection Board, the body which mediates challenges from federal workers over adverse employment decisions.