Trump Picks Another One of His Personal Attorneys to Join Administration

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "I am pleased to announce that Alina Habba will join my White House Team as Counselor to the President," Trump wrote in a Sunday Truth Social Post.
44% : While Habba has struggled to successfully defend him in court, she's seemingly had better results convincing Trump to keep her in his orbit.
42% : Her staunch public defenses of his innocence is perhaps why Trump chose to place her in a close advisory role.
41% : Habba isn't the first personal attorney of Trump's to to be tapped for an administration role.
39% : "I'm disappointed in my legal talent, I'll be honest with you," Trump said in the aftermath of the case.
25% : 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.
25% : Habba notably did not participate in the in-court defense of Trump during the trial that would resulted in a felony conviction of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to his hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
23% : Earlier this year, New York Judge Lewis Kaplan rebuked Habba more than a dozen times during a single day of testimony in Carroll v. Trump, including for repeatedly attempting to read from documents that had not been introduced into evidence by Trump's defense, and violating cross examination guidelines established by Kaplan.
21% : Trump was ultimately found liable for sexual assault -- and repeated instances of defamation -- against Carroll, and ordered to pay $83.3 million in total damages over the course of two trials.
20% : Trump also tapped his former impeachment lawyer Pam Bondi as his nominee for attorney general after his initial pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration when it became clear he wouldn't be confirmed.. Habba has represented the president-elect -- often unsuccessfully -- in several high-profile cases.
18% : Trump and his companies were found liable for financial fraud and ordered to pay $355 million in damages to New York.
13% : She led Trump's defense in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump and the Trump Organization.

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