President Donald Trump rewarded another one of his former criminal defense lawyers with a plum position in the federal government. The president announced Monday morning that he was tapping Alina Habba,

Habba has represented Trump in some of his most infamous legal wars, including his New York civil fraud case and the defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.

Habba has been serving as a White House counselor and was a prominent figure on the campaign trail for Trump, speaking at the Republican National Convention and working as a legal