Alina Habba weights major career shake-up that could showcase her 'firecracker' personality

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By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Published: 13:19 EDT, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 13:27 EDT, 13 May 2025

Alina Habba, 41, could beryllium the adjacent co-host of Fox News' The Five program.

After a abbreviated stint arsenic President Donald Trump's Counselor to the President, Habba near Washington, D.C. successful March to determination backmost to her location authorities and service arsenic Acting Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

But a White House source told Daily Mail that Fox News is eying Habba to regenerate longtime Fox prima Jeanine Pirro connected their deed weeknight show. 

And Habba is thought to beryllium considering going into this blimpish commentary relation alternatively than look the confirmation process required to prosecute her impermanent U.S. Attorney gig afloat time. 

A spokesperson for Habba did not instantly respond to Daily Mail's petition for comment, and neither did Fox News. 

Judge Jeanine Pirro near the web past week erstwhile she was tapped by Trump to service arsenic interim Attorney for the District of Columbia aft it became wide that his archetypal nominee for the presumption mightiness not marque it done Senate confirmation.

Trump withdrew Ed Martin's information connected May 8 and rapidly announced Pirro would instrumentality his spot arsenic nominee.

Instead of going done a grueling confirmation process for U.S. Attorney for the territory of New Jersey, Aling Habba mightiness opt for a occupation with Fox News programme The Five

Habba was President Donald Trump's idiosyncratic lawyer earlier joining his 2024 run arsenic a elder advisor and past becoming Counselor to the President 

Pirro is simply a large property who from 1994 to 2005 was District Attorney of Westchester County and since past has for astir 2 decades been successful the tv industry.

From 2008 to 2011 she hosted a weekday amusement called Judge Jeanine Pirro connected the CW and for the adjacent 11 years hosted Justice with Judge Jeanine connected Fox News Channel. In 2022 she became co-host of The Five.

Now, Fox is looking astatine who could regenerate Pirro. 

A root acquainted with Habba's 'attack dog' benignant property says that she mightiness beryllium 1 of the lone radical who could assistance capable the void near connected The Five's panel.

She has the 'legal inheritance and firecracker personality' that The Five mightiness request aft Pirro's departure, a White House root told Daily Mail.

'There aren't galore radical who tin capable a Jeanine property void. Alina's one,' they said.

Habba archetypal met Trump astatine his play nine successful Bedminster, New Jersey successful 2019. Shortly after, she was brought into Trump Tower to interrogation for a spot with his ineligible team.

She was past tapped by Trump to service arsenic Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey – Habba's location state

Judge Jeanine Pirro (left) was a co-host connected The Five from 2022 until May 8, 2025 erstwhile she was tapped to beryllium Trump's nominee for Attorney for the District of Columbia

Habba archetypal came into Trump's ellipse erstwhile they met astatine his play nine successful Bedminster, New Jersey. She soon aft joined his ineligible team

She represented him successful immoderate precise precocious illustration cases, including the New York suit wherever the then-former president was investigated for falsely representing the worth of his assets connected the statements of worthy that banks require.

Habba besides defended him successful the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump case.

In Trump's 2024 campaign, Habba yet joined arsenic a elder advisor to the bid to get backmost into office.

She came connected arsenic Counselor to the President astatine the commencement of Trump's 2nd White House term, but lone served for 2 months earlier Trump named her Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Habba often appeared for interviews connected Fox News passim her assorted roles with Trump 

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