President-elect Donald Trump introduced that his private lawyer Alina Habba will be part of his White Home group and function counselor to the president.
“She has been unwavering in her loyalty, and unmatched in her resolve —standing with me by way of quite a few ‘trials,’ battles and numerous days in Court docket,” he stated in a press release Sunday.
Habba has risen in prominence amongst Trump’s authorized circle, changing into one in every of his most high-profile legal professionals and his frequent defender on tv.
The 40-year-old managing associate of Habba Madaio & Associates LLP represented him in a collection of authorized challenges, together with in a defamation lawsuit from a former “Apprentice” contestant, Summer season Zervos, who accused him of sexual assault. Habba established a case that led the contestant to drop her lawsuit.
Trump additionally tapped Habba when his niece Mary Trump sued him for dishonest her out of an inheritance, a case that was dismissed. As well as, Habba helped Trump sue his niece over her function in offering reporters on the New York Occasions together with his monetary paperwork.
Habba made headlines earlier this 12 months when she quarreled in court docket with US District Choose Lewis Kaplan throughout a civil lawsuit towards Trump by recommendation columnist E. Jean Carroll over sexual assault within the Nineties.
She additionally served as a senior adviser for the primary tremendous PAC supporting Trump’s 2024 reelection bid, Make America Nice Once more Inc. Habba change into a dependable surrogate for the marketing campaign, typically showing at occasions equivalent to Trump’s rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Individually Sunday, Trump named Christopher Landau to be his deputy secretary of state.
“Chris will work intently with our nice Secretary of State Nominee, Marco Rubio, to advertise our Nation’s safety and prosperity by way of an America First Overseas Coverage,” Trump stated in a publish on his Reality Social platform. “Chris served as my Ambassador to Mexico, the place he labored tirelessly with our group to cut back unlawful migration to the bottom ranges in Historical past.”
Michael Needham, a former senior Rubio aide, will function counselor on the State Division and Michael Anton, an alum of the primary Trump administration, will function director of coverage planning on the State Division.
