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The ruling may force the justice department to find a new prosecutor to supervise federal criminal cases in New Jersey.

The official also cited concerns from Gentile that prosecutors had elicited false testimony.

"The court is facing an unprecedented time with these coercive measures that have been levelled at judges and prosecutors, including one French magistrate," said Darmanin.

A Nevada judge issued a similar ruling in September disqualifying the top federal prosecutor in that state.

“We would like to be civil servants, soldiers, prosecutors…just like we were in Ottoman times.”