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The Trump administration employed a shady strategy to ensure it got the Trump-friendly U.S. attorneys it wanted, thanks to a legal "loophole," according to MSNBC's Jen Psaki.

The "blatant" end-run around normal proceedings began with Trump loyalist and personal attorney Alina Habba, who Trump named interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey for a period of 120 days, as stipulated by law.

"After that 120 days were up, judges for the federal district court in New Jersey chose another prosecutor to replace Habba," who was considered unqualified for the position, Psaki wrote....

The founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism name-checked attorney general Pam Bondi on CNN Thursday for pledging to do everything the Trump administration can to stop anti-Jewish violence.

Bondi appeared on Fox News, where she lamented the deaths of two young people outside of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night by a man who shouted "Free Palestine" when he was arrested.

"No parents should have to be called and told their children were violently murdered leaving a religious event at the Jewish Museum. That should never happen in this world and not in our country. And this person will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Bondi said. "We will ensure everyone, America will be safe. We will do everything we can. This violence has to stop." ...

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday reaffirmed his country's commitment to fight corruption, which he described as "one of the great struggles of our time."

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday reaffirmed his country's commitment to fight corruption, which he described as "one of the great struggles of our time."