Trump attorney Alina Habba, a Lehigh University grad, to serve as counselor to the president

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The Florida senator was chosen by Trump to be his next secretary of state.
58% : Habba frequently accompanied Trump on the campaign trail and was one of the speakers at the late October rally in New York's Madison Square Garden.
51% : "She has been unwavering in her loyalty and unmatched in her resolve -- standing with me through numerous 'trials,' battles and countless days in Court," Trump posted on his social network Truth Social.
51% : Trump said he also will be appointing Michael Needham, a former chief of staff for Sen. Marco Rubio, as counselor of the State Department.
50% : She was introduced to Trump after joining his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in 2019, he told Bloomberg in 2022.
50% : On Sunday, Trump also announced he is bringing back former staffer Michael Anton to serve as director of policy planning at the State Department.
31% : Alina Habba, 40, defended Trump earlier this year, also serving as his legal spokesperson.
26% : Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes when a New York jury in May found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

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