President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would set up his personal attorney, Alina Haba, to serve as interim US lawyer for the New Jersey area.
Trump said on True Social that he tapped his current White House lawyer, Haba, to represent the US John Giordano of the United States.
Both promotions were announced by Trump on social media on Monday.
In the Post, Trump praised Haba as “will lead with the same hard work and beliefs that defined her career,” and said he “fights tirelessly to ensure a legal system that is only “fair” for the great people of New Jersey.”
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President Donald Trump's counselor Alina Haba spoke at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“And also, John Giordano, who did a great job as an interim US lawyer for New Jersey, has now been appointed as Namibian new ambassador!” Trump said before congratulating them.
Giordano was set up on his side a month ago by US Attorney General Pam Bondi on behalf of the district's US attorney.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment as Trump did not elaborate on the reasons for the somewhat sudden personnel changes.
But his decision to tap Haba, a longtime ally who served as legal spokesman for both Trump and his presidential super PAC, Maga Inc., comes when the president moved to set up or promote a long list of loyalists in senior law enforcement official positions in his second White House term.
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From left, then-president Former Donald Trump's then-lawyers Todd Blanche, Emile Bove and John Lauro left federal court in Washington, DC in 2024. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
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