A judge on Thursday sided with two New Jersey criminal defendants who sought to block a former personal lawyer to US President Donald Trump, Alina Habba, from prosecuting them based on a claim she was unlawfully appointed as the state’s top federal prosecutor. The ruling is a setback for the Justice Department under Trump, which manoeuvred to keep Habba in her post and circumvent a judicial decision not to extend her 120-day interim tenure. “Faced with the question of whether Ms Habba is...