Trump ally Alina Habba denies rumors about the press secretary’s role

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President-elect Donald Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba made it clear early Thursday that she is not in the running to become his next White House press secretary.

“While I’m flattered by the support and speculation, the role of press secretary is not one I’m considering,” Habba, 40, said on X of the mail she was much rumored to get.

“Although I love to scream from a podium, I would be better served in other functions,” she joked.


President-elect Donald Trump with Alina Habba.
The newly elected Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba made it clear that she will not be his press secretary in the White House. Alina Habba

“This administration is going to be epic! So proud of the Trump team, recent appointments and 47!”

It comes just days after Habba said she would “very seriously” consider the possibility after being asked repeatedly during a Fox News appearance about recent reports that she was a frontrunner for the role.

“I’ll leave it up to the president and the three people who are on my board — that’s Luke, Chloe and Parker, my kids. Everybody will know in time,” the lawyer told host Sean Hannity.

She declined to elaborate on whether she had had any discussions with the Trump-Vance transition team about serving in the incoming administration.

“They’re killing it on every front … It’s time to have ‘America First’ advocacy, and whatever that looks like for President Trump and his team, I trust that. That’s a decision for all of them to make .Not me,” Habba told the broadcast.

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Habba, who founded the New Jersey-based law firm Habba Madaio & Associates, joined Trump’s legal team back in 2021.


Habba, 40, was asked several times by Fox News host Sean Hannity about a report suggesting she is
Habba was asked several times by Sean Hannity about a report that suggested she is the “favorite” for the role and did not rule out the possibility of serving in the next administration. CNN

She has represented the 45th President in several of his high-profile legal cases – including E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case and New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud case.

Trump has not yet revealed who will take on the role of press secretary.

Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany served in the role during Trump’s first stay in the White House.