Newly Appointed New Jersey DA Alina Habba - Live From the White House
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Summary
In this episode, Jack Posobiec sits down with Alana Haaga, who is currently serving as Counselor to the President in the Executive Eisenhower Office Building at the White House complex, to discuss her new role as the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
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This is Human Events with your host, Jack Posobiec.
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We're here in the Executive Eisenhower office building at the White House complex.
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And we're here sitting down with Alina Haba, who is currently the counselor to the president.
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And we saw the Trump, President Trump's post about this, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey.
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Interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.
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So the chief law enforcement, prosecutor, chief fed out there.
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It's funny because in New Jersey, as opposed to a state like New York, there's sometimes multiple USAs.
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I mean, there's no criminals in New Jersey, right?
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I was so excited to see the MS-13 gang leader get arrested and Tom Holman did a stand-up job with that with Pam and everybody at DOJ.
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But I just can't wait to go do it myself and get our streets cleaned up.
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I'm raising my children in New Jersey and I can't wait to get in there and just fix it.
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Well, as a Pennsylvania guy, I have to say, New Jersey definitely needs a lot of fixing.
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I think it's just, you know, when I was looking at the portfolio of things, I was, you know,
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I'm not sure why there's less criminal cases open in the DOJ right now than there are civil.
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You know, and when, so what, what kind of, you know, obviously when, when this opportunity came up,
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what did you have to weigh looking at obviously your position in the White House versus this?
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I don't mean you wanted to go home from the White House, but that there's that, that appeal
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I spoke to the president and I just asked a lot of questions.
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We need, New Jersey is obviously one of the places that he calls home.
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And I said, I don't want to leave the White House.
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But when he asks you to do something, when he asks you to do something.
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I mean, what a great job as an attorney who's practiced for the better of 20 years.
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And, and him and I have gone through war and, and hell and back.
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And, and by the way, you know, we were just talking a little bit before, but this,
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there's been, uh, uh, quite a few interesting characters that have had that seat before.
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Um, there've been two Supreme court justices that have had that seat.
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It's a, it's a very powerful, um, impressive job.
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It's, there's only one USA, like I said, and you have a very large, uh, amount of control
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over, you know, ATF, FBI and all that in the state of New Jersey.
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Uh, Pam, Todd, Emil, they're all my friends and I've been working with them for years anyway.
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So this is the easiest transition and my kids, I get to see my kids.
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When it, when it comes down to it though, it feels like the DOJ for so many years now
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has been, I'm still floored by you saying that, that there are more civil cases open
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And, and, you know, prior to this, of course, how many of those criminal cases were, you
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know, J six cases and it's, you know, some, you know, somebody's praying on the steps of
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a, you know, pro-life clinic or an abortion clinic and they're a pro-lifer or something.
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I mean, that's going to be a priority to look at for me.
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It's not, these are not the type of people when I hear ATF, when I hear FBI, when I hear
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these organizations, DEA, et cetera, that you want to actually, SEC, uh, that you want to
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Yeah, no, I'm, I mean, I'm going to be going after every single thing in the president's
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Uh, the president has made it clear illegal immigration is important to us.
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Um, but safety and security and, and what, what, whatever my job covers, I will make sure
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I'm not going to be weak as anybody could imagine.
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I don't think New Jersey has had that for some time.
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So just looking at some of the cases that haven't been open, that should be open.
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Some of the things that I've seen and anybody who, who is on social media, I've been reading.
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There've been a lot of people from New Jersey that when I was announced, we're pointing
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I got a lot on the mayor of Patterson's, uh, moves and some of the things that he's represented.
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We're not going to have sanctuary cities that that's just not what we do.
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He's made it clear that if you have DEI policies in your schools and you have funding, you will
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Um, and, and many other things, but number one, crime, drugs, gangs, uh, we have a lot
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of that on the streets, especially where my offices are in Newark and Camden and, and,
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uh, Trenton, I'll be, uh, you know, rotating through those offices.
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And I can tell you that those are some of the most crime ridden cities in New Jersey.
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Well, no, it's so sad because you go to parts and, you know, I grew up going to ocean city.
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Cause it's really about, you know, an hour from Philadelphia, uh, obviously the president
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or the president has, uh, his history with Atlantic city as, as well.
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And I, I can remember going to the AC boardwalk and it, and it actually being fun.
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You know, I was, I was a kid, but I, you know, I couldn't gamble.
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Those are all my, you know, memories of New Jersey.
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And then of course, beating them every time we play football.
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Um, but, but by the way, there are such beautiful parts of New Jersey, New Jersey that I want
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It's, it's, uh, the single most highly populated state for its size.
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We are a huge state in a very small amount of land.
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We got to take care of the state or every state.
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And it takes, you know, everybody in a role is USA.
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Anybody who's in any sort of power, uh, position to clean up and make us safer needs to take
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that seriously and see it as a gift, which is what I do.
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Um, working with the DOJ now, I'm, I'm really excited.
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Well, and so many times too, is you'll go to these offices and I have that, and you'll
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They know exactly where the worst of the worst are.
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And, and, and you find out, you said, well, why don't, why don't you do anything about
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And they said, they said, oh, well, we, we got the, we went after the top 10.
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Most money said, how many did you get 10 out of 10?
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If you have poor leadership and poor direction, that's sometimes what can happen.
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So, uh, I can assure the state of New Jersey that will not be happening under my watch.
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I've been speaking to, um, Marshall's office and chiefs of police and, uh, head prosecutors
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in certain counties that I've reached out to me in New Jersey that are excited for change
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or excited for, uh, a rejuvenation of that state.
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So I, I really hope to, to be a helping hand there.
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Well, I think it's something that, and obviously I'm sure, uh, well, you know, I know you can't
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talk elections, but we certainly saw the results last time around and New Jersey was very,
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And I think that's something that with, with proper governance could potentially be a trend
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And I think New Jersey is absolutely close, uh, to getting there.
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So hopefully while I'm there, I can help that cause.
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And, um, you know, I'm not a political person in that role, but I can tell you that, um, the
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And, and once they see that our policies do work, they work kicking.
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Kicking illegals out, kicking criminals out there that are acting as terrorists that
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You know, there was a Newark cop that was killed a few weeks ago, paying attention to those
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people and strengthening the men and women that are wearing uniforms.
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And I think that they lost it for a period of time in this country.
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So, uh, I can't wait to invigorate them and really have their backs.
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Oh, the criminal element was given a message that they get free reign, that the, the crime
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And so I appreciate that you're, that this is exactly something that you're taking up.
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I didn't have to come here either, but you know what?
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It is the honor of a lifetime, serve my country and, and do it under president Trump.
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That's where I grew up going up and down to Maniloking, but I was never really a Jersey
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Um, but I, you know, I live in the most beautiful part of New Jersey and I'm in Somerset
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It's like forest country and there's land and it's very different than what people think.
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People go there and they say like, wait, this is New Jersey.
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No, I live in a beautiful place and I'm so glad that I got to be raised there and then
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Want to say thank you, of course, to the White House, to the press team for bringing us in
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today for arranging these interviews, giving us a behind the scenes inside look to what's
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This is a testament to how the Trump administration is now reaching out to new media, to new audiences.
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And it's not about just us here about human events daily, but everyone that we go out
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and touch as we share this information and tell the truth about what's going on behind
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the scenes of the White House here for you in the confines of the incredible people's
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house of the White House, really making it the people's house once more.
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Ladies and gentlemen, as always, you have my permission to lay ashore.