Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Alina Habba will “step down” from her role as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey after several judges determined she was unlawfully serving as the state’s top federal prosecutor.

Last week, a federal appeals court panel affirmed a lower court order and disqualified her from office, ending yet anotherlegal showdown between the Trump administration and federal judiciary.

Habba, who represented Trump during a blockbuster fraud case in New York and against defamation and sexual abuse claims from E. Jean Carroll, said in a statement that she will now serve as a “senior advisor” to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

As a result of the appellate court ruling, “and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love, I have decided to step down” from the office,” she wrote Monday.

“But do not mistake compliance for surrender. This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me,” she said. “Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl.”

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