President-elect Donald Trump named Alina Habba, one of his defense attorneys, as a counselor to the president on Sunday. “Alina has been a tireless advocate for Justice, a fierce Defender of the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing one of his defense attorneys in the New York hush money case as counselor to the president.

Alina Habba, 40, defended Trump earlier this year, also serving as his legal spokesperson. Habba has been spending time with the president-elect since the election at his Florida club Mar-a-Lago.