India, July 23 -- A panel of federal judges refused to extend Alina Habba's tenure as US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, instead appointing her deputy, Desiree Leigh Grace, as her successor. But just hours later, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she had removed Grace from the role.

"Alina Habba has been doing a great job in making NJ safe again. Nonetheless, politically minded judges refused to allow her to continue in her position, replacing Alina with the First Assistant," she wrote in a social media post on Tuesday.

"Accordingly, the First Assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey has just been removed. This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges - especially when they threaten the President's core Art...