A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump's former personal lawyer Alina Habba is serving illegally as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann ruled that Habba has been unlawfully serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey since July 1.

The decision could also "reverberate across the country" because the DOJ has "used the same complex maneuvers to extend the tenures of other loyalists Trump has installed as interim U.S. attorneys in...