The Don’s Consigliere: Why Trump chose Allina Habba to be Counsellor to President

Habba’s appointment as Counselor to the President reads like a scene from a mob movie. The Boss—facing a never-ending string of legal indictments, defamation suits, and scandals—needed someone not just with sharp legal skills but with undying loyalty. Enter Habba, who has proven herself time and again to be the kind of consigliere who will go to the mattresses for her Don, whether it’s suing Hillary Clinton for RICO or locking horns with Judge Lewis Kaplan in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.