On Monday, November 6, 2023, in New York, attorney Alina Habba is seen with former President Donald Trump before the New York Supreme Court. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez for AP) APAP
On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump appointed Alina Habba, his lawyer and senior advisor who defended him in the New York hush money lawsuit, as his counselor.
In a tweet on his social media site, Trump commended Habba for being a staunch defender of the rule of law, a tireless fighter for justice, and an indispensable advisor to his campaign and transition team. He also claimed Habba was steadfast in her loyalty.
During Trump’s first term, GOP strategist Kellyanne Conway served as the president’s counselor.
Habba, 40, is a native of New Jersey and graduated from Harrisburg’s Widener University Commonwealth Law School in 2010.
Habba rose to national prominence by defending Trump against accusations that he paid Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, $130,000 to silence her. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of the payment plan to fraudulently influence the 2016 election by a New York jury in May.
In his post on Sunday, Trump mentioned that Habba is a first-generation American with Middle Eastern ancestry (she is of Iraqi Catholic descent) and claimed that she has emerged as a female role model in politics and the legal field.
Don McGahn, another law alumnus of Widener Commonwealth, was Trump’s White House counsel from the time of his inauguration until October 2018.
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