Judges Appoint Frazer as New Jersey U.S. Attorney

Federal judges in New Jersey appointed career prosecutor Robert Frazer as the state's top U.S. attorney on Monday, resolving a yearlong dispute with the Trump administration that had disrupted federal prosecutions and led to multiple court rulings against the Justice Department's leadership choices.

The appointment, announced in a one-sentence order by Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, took effect immediately. Frazer, who has served in the office for more than two decades, most recently as senior trial counsel handling high-profile cases involving narcotics, violent crime and organized crime, replaces a trio of interim leaders whose arrangement was deemed unlawful by the court. The move followed consultations between the district's judges and senior Justice Department officials, marking a departure from previous clashes.

The Justice Department expressed support for the decision in a statement, noting that it would allow criminal prosecutions to resume without further delays. "The Department of Justice thanks the district court for working with the Department to appoint Robert Frazer to serve as U.S. Attorney so that once...