Federal judges, Trump administration agree on new US attorney for NJ

New Jersey's federal judges appointed career prosecutor Robert Frazer to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey after previous heads were found to be unlawfully installed.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 696

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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U.S. District Court of New Jersey judges appointed a new U.S. attorney Monday, ending a monthslong standoff that threatened to upend federal criminal prosecutions in the state after four interim appointees were found to be unlawfully installed.

The judges’ appointment of Robert Frazer, a longtime prosecutor who most recently served as senior trial counsel in the office’s organized crime and gangs unit, comes two weeks after a judge disqualified the three people …

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