You may be stuck in criminal court and frustrated that you can’t be on the campaign trail.
But Donald Trump has a group of loyal and very glamorous aides supporting him in the Manhattan courtroom at every turn of the case.
Margo Martin stole the show Monday when she joined the former president in preparation for the first day of the historic trial.
Joining him on Monday and Tuesday was another loyal employee, Natalie Harp, who credits the presumptive Republican candidate with saving her life amid her battle with bone cancer.
Harp is part of the entourage accompanying the former president during his first criminal trial in Manhattan this week.
The 32-year-old left her job as an anchor at the conservative One America News Network in 2022 to work on Trump’s communications team.
Natalie Harp (left) arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday with Margo Martin (right), the former president’s fellow communications assistant.
Harp credits Trump’s right-to-try law for allowing him to seek alternative care for his bone cancer after chemotherapy failure. “I’m no longer dying of cancer thanks to President Trump, I’m living with cancer,” Harp said in 2019.
Harp was seen outside a courtroom in midtown Manhattan on Monday during a break on the first day of jury selection for the case alleging Trump falsified records related to money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels before the election. 2016 presidential elections.
The blonde also left the motorcade with Trump for the second day of the trial on Tuesday along with the former president’s deputy communications director, Margo Martin.
Harp was the second OANN employee to leave Trump’s team, after Christina Bobb left a year earlier. She ended her tenure as host of The Real Story and took over the campaign in March 2022.
The glamorous young assistant comes from a devout Christian family.
Trump speaks to reporters before entering the courtroom for the second day of jury selection in the Stormy Daniels money case.
She is often seen accompanying the 2024 presidential candidate on his golf trips, traveling in her own golf cart equipped with a laptop and computer.
Harp’s ties to Trump go back several years.
In 2019, the blonde credited a healthcare policy introduced by the then-president for saving her life as she battled bone cancer. He claimed that the Right to Try law, signed by Trump in 2018, allowed him to seek effective treatment for his stage 2 bone cancer after others had failed.
The law allows patients to request the use of experimental drugs that have not been approved by the FDA.
Harp was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and tried chemotherapy twice without success before finding “another oncologist who was willing to try a different approach.”
“I’m no longer dying of cancer thanks to President Trump, I’m living with cancer,” Harp said in 2019.
Harp walks in front of Manhattan Federal Court in New York on Jan. 26 amid proceedings in E. Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit against Trump.
Harp, 32, is among the aides on Trump’s side during the proceedings. He is seen returning to the courtroom Monday after a break in Trump’s criminal trial related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Harp leaves Donald Trump’s motorcade in Manhattan on Tuesday with Martin for the second day of the former president’s criminal trial.
Harp, who comes from a devout Christian family, credits Trump with saving his life because he was able to seek right-to-try treatments for his bone cancer after the then-president signed the bill into law in 2018.
Harp has his own golf cart that serves as a mobile office and is equipped with a laptop. She regularly follows Trump while he golfs at Mar-a-Lago.
After building a successful career on OAN, where her segments took aim at Democratic policies and were often peppered with references to her faith, Harp was poached by Trump. The former president was also likely captivated by his regular social media posts sharing his statements.
Harp is now often seen at the former president’s side and helps manage his social media accounts.
She has a desk outside Trump’s office and is available to accompany him in meetings or trips.
“She’s indicative of the people around him who just love him,” an adviser told the Washington Post in December. “I love him too much”.
Harp said: ‘Like other members of staff, I spend time with him. He’s very popular with people, I see that from being with him.’
He also discussed his battle with cancer at the 2020 Republican National Convention in a speech he later pinned to the top of his Twitter page.
‘When I failed the chemotherapies on the market, no one wanted me in their clinical trials. I was not given the right to try experimental treatments, Mr. President. You did it, and without you, I would have died waiting for them to be approved,” Harp said at the time.
Natalie Harp often joins Trump on the golf course and helps manage his social media. Pictured: Arpa at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach with the former president on March 29, 2023.
Harp is the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Harp and his wife, Jill. Her parents were married for 37 years before Dr. Harp passed away on July 17, 2020. The Trump aide shared a rare personal post on her social media channels after her death, including a tribute of her mother.
Harp said he was able to get effective treatment for stage 2 bone cancer after Trump signed the Right to Try Act in 2018.
Harp is the daughter of the late Dr. Robert Harp and his wife, Jill. Her parents were married for 37 years before Dr. Harp passed away on July 17, 2020.
Harp also has a brother, Preston Harp, who describes himself on Facebook as “musician, traveler, news archivist, independent investigative researcher/journalist, internationalist.”
Preston openly expresses his support for Palestine and frequently shares criticism of Israel on his profile.