Trump appoints his lawyer, of Arab origin, as an advisor to the president
US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is appointing Alina Habba, one of his team of lawyers, in the “Hush Money” case. In New York to be an advisor to the president.
Habba, of Iraqi origins, aged 40, defended Trump earlier this year, and also served as his legal spokeswoman.
Habba had been spending time with the president-elect since the elections at his club in Florida, “Mar A.” Lago”.
Trump said in a post on his social network “Truth Social”: “She has been steadfast in her loyalty and her will is unparalleled. You stood by my side through many trials, battles, and countless days in court.”
Trump became the first former US president to be convicted of criminal offenses, when a New York jury found him guilty last May. Guilty on all 34 counts in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying to buy the silence of a porn actress who said she had sex with him.
Worthy. It is noteworthy that in Trump’s first term, Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway served as advisor to the president.
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