Donald Trump has apppinted Alina Habba, his personal crimminal defense attorney, to serve as a counselor to the president.
Alina Habba speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024.
Habba, who earned her Juris Doctorate at Widener University, has used her law license to act on Trump behalf in some capacity since 2021, when shea former employee at the president-elect’s Bedinster, New Jersey, golf club into signing an illegal NDA to cover up a workplace sexual harassment complaint. Following an exodus of Trump’s longtime attorneys in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, Habba was officially hired onto his legal team in September of that same year.
Habba has represented the president-elect — often unsuccessfully — in several high-profile cases. She led Trump’s defense in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump and the Trump Organization. Trump and his companies were found liable for financial fraud andin damages to New York. Habba also acted as lead attorney for Trump as he attempted to defeat a civil sexual assault and defamation lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Carroll.
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