FBI Arrests Man Who Ransacked US Attorney Habba’s NJ Office

Federal authorities on Saturday arrested a man accused of wielding a baseball bat while trying to enter the Newark federal building that houses the office of Alina Habba, the acting US attorney in New Jersey, according to the FBI.

The suspect, identified as Keith Michael Lisa, 51, allegedly attempted to enter the building on Wednesday carrying a bat but was stopped by court security officers. He later returned without the bat, went to the floor where Habba’s office is located, began shouting incoherently and damaged property before fleeing, the bureau said. Habba was unharmed.

“I will not be intimidated by radical lunatics for doing my job,” Habba said in a post on X.

Alina Habba

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US Attorney General Pam Bondi credited the FBI, US Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations for the arrest. “No one will get away with threatening or intimidating our US attorneys or destroying their offices,” Bondi said in a statement.

The incident is one in a series of politically motivated attacks this year across the United States. Last month, a New York man was arrested after threatening to kill House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries over his role in the government shutdown.

Earlier, a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were fatally shot in their home, while Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, and his family escaped an arson attempt at their residence. Conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a campus event in Utah in September.

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