Trump appoints favorite lawyer Alina Habba to key White House post: ‘Unwavering in her loyalty’
Donald Trump has announced that he will appoint one of his lawyers in the New York hush money case as counsel to the president.
Alina Habba, 40, defended Trump earlier this year and also served as his legal spokesperson.
Habba has been spending time with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida since the election.
“She has been steadfast in her loyalty and unparalleled in her determination – she has stood by me through countless ‘trials’, battles and countless days in court,” Trump wrote on hisTruth Social.
“Few understand the weaponization of the ‘injustice’ system better than Alina.”
Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes when a New York jury in May found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had done so. sex.
During Trump’s first term, the adviser position was held by Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway.
Habba is of Iraqi descent and is Chaldean, Iraq’s largest Christian denomination and one of the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church.
President-elect Trump on Sunday named Alina Habba, one of his personal lawyers and fiercest media surrogates, as counselor to the president
“Alina has been a tireless advocate for justice, a fierce defender of the rule of law, and an invaluable advisor to my campaign and transition team,” Trump said in a statement.
Habba regularly accompanied Trump on the campaign trail
Habba was one of the speakers at the meeting at the end of October at Madison Square Garden in New York
Habba regularly accompanied Trump on the campaign trail and was one of the speakers at the rally at the end of October in Madison Square Garden in New York.
On Sunday, Trump also announced that he is bringing back former aide Michael Anton as director of policy planning at the State Department.
Anton was spokesperson for the National Security Council from 2017 to 2018.
Trump said he will also appoint Michael Needham, former chief of staff to Senator Marco Rubio, as a State Department adviser.
The senator from Florida was chosen by Trump as his next secretary of state.