Alina Habba, a lawyer for former President Trump, suggested she isn't very optimistic about Trump's chances in the New York hush money trial.
“But I don’t have high hopes right now that the New York courts and the jury will do the right thing,” Habba said in an interview on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports.” “We’re in a blue state and I think everything’s planned.”
“We’re dealing with a case that is eight years old, beyond the statute of limitations, was rejected by [former Manhattan District Attorney] Cy Vance, and then only brought after President Trump decided to run for office,” she added.
Habba, who is not representing Trump in his hush money case, has frequently taken shots at the numerous indictments brought against the former president. Jury selection for the New York criminal trial ended last week and witness testimony began earlier this week.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to reimbursements made to his ex-fixer, Michael Cohen, for a payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to stay quiet about an alleged affair with the former president a decade earlier. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, imposed a gag order against Trump to bar him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and the judge’s family.
Habba suggested that people take a closer look at the team of prosecutors in the hush money case.
“And like you said, look at how many people they’ve got,” she said. “And I can’t talk about it that the American because of the unconstitutional gag order, but I think that we should also take a look at who’s on that team and where that those people came from.”
“It’s, it’s very troubling as you know, and I know you know it well …. we’re in the fight of our lives at this moment,” she added.
The trial, the first criminal trial of a former or sitting U.S. president in history, will resume Thursday.
