Suspect attempted to confront US Attorney Habba, vandalized office, Bondi says

Legal professional Common Pam Bondi introduced Thursday that a person tried to confront the Performing U.S. Legal professional for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, on Wednesday night, “destroyed property in her workplace” after which “fled the scene.”

“Fortunately Alina is doing properly,” Bondi added. “Violence or threats of violence in opposition to any federal officer is not going to be tolerated. Interval. That is sadly changing into a development as radicals proceed to assault legislation enforcement officers throughout the nation.”

“We’ll discover this particular person, and the person shall be dropped at justice. Our federal prosecutors, brokers, and legislation enforcement companions put their lives on the road every single day to guard the American individuals, and this division will use each authorized software obtainable to make sure their security and maintain violent offenders absolutely accountable,” Bondi additionally mentioned.

Habba mentioned after the incident: “I can’t be intimidated by radical lunatics as a result of they’re doing my job.”

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Alina Habba delivers remarks earlier than being sworn in as interim U.S. legal professional for New Jersey within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on March 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)

The Justice Division mentioned on its web site: “As Performing United States Legal professional and Particular Counsel to the Legal professional Common of the US,” Habba “is chargeable for overseeing all federal felony prosecutions and the trials of all civil instances in New Jersey wherein the federal authorities has an curiosity.”

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Donald Trump sits in courtroom with attorneys Christopher M. Kise and Alina Habba throughout his civil fraud trial on the New York State Supreme Court docket on October 17, 2023 in New York Metropolis. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Photos)

“Together with workplaces in Newark, Camden and Trenton, Ms. Habba oversees a workers of roughly 155 federal prosecutors and roughly 130 help personnel,” the Justice Division mentioned.

President Donald Trump speaks earlier than U.S. Legal professional Common Pam Bondi, proper, as Alina Habba is sworn in as interim U.S. Legal professional for New Jersey, within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP through Getty Photos)

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Additional particulars in regards to the assault weren’t instantly obtainable.