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By Alia Shoaib
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Alina Habba, President-elect Donald Trump's lawyer, said she would "seriously" consider accepting an offer to be his White House press secretary.
"I'm very loyal to President Trump. I would think about it very seriously," Habba told Sean Hannity during an appearance on Fox News.
The lawyer did not directly answer questions about whether she was in talks with the president-elect to join his new administration.
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"I leave it to the president and three people that are on my board of directors," she told Hannity, referring to her children.
Mediaite reported on Tuesday that Habba was the front-runner for the role and that she was expected to visit Mar-a-Lago this week, where Trump has been since the election.
Habba is believed to have met Trump at his country club in Bedminster, New Jersey, which is close to where her law firm is based.
The lawyer gained prominence in 2021 after joining Trump's legal team. She has represented him in several civil cases, including E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit, which resulted in him being ordered to pay $88.3 million.
During the trial, the judge frequently reprimanded Habba for being argumentative and violating basic rules of the court.
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Habba has become a regular fixture in the media, speaking about Trump's cases and defending him against criticism. She has also been photographed socializing with him and his family members.
During Trump's criminal trial in New York, which stemmed from a hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, Habba became his "legal spokesperson," as she does not practice criminal law and could not represent him in the case.
Newsweek contacted the Trump campaign and Habba's law firm for comment via email.
The White House press secretary serves as the president's primary spokesperson and liaises with the media.
In his first term, Trump cycled through four press secretaries: Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany.
Trump's previous administration had a high rate of turnover, with 34 percent of the administration resigning, being reassigned or being fired in the first year, The Wall Street Journal reported in December 2017.
Following his second electoral victory, Trump has begun tapping loyalists to fill key administration roles ahead of his return to office in January, and members of his first administration—such as Tom Homan and Stephen Miller—are set to return.
Others reportedly in contention for the press secretary role include Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump's 2024 campaign.
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