President Donald Trump withdrew Alina Habba’s nomination for U.S. attorney for New Jersey on Thursday, a calculated move that will allow her to remain in the position in an acting capacity amid a high-stakes showdown with federal judges who had attempted to replace her, CBS News reported.

The decision follows a clash between the executive branch and the federal judiciary after a panel of district judges in New Jersey named Desiree Leigh Grace to the position, bypassing Habba and sparking backlash from top officials at the Department iof Justice.

“This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the president’s core Article II powers,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X.

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