New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Donald Trump aide Alina Habba on Monday said that she would step down as the US attorney for New Jersey following an earlier court ruling that upheld her disqualification from the post.

Habba had once served as the current US President's personal lawyer, and was Trump's pick to serve as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

However, a little over a week back, a panel of three appellate judges with the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's finding that the Trump administration broke the law by using a series of manoeuvres to install Habba as US attorney for New Jersey after the 41-year-old failed to get the Senate's approval.

That ruling led to Habba's resignation on Monday.

In a lengthy statem...