Trump’s lawyer in case of silence: ‘I don’t have my hopes that high’

Alina Habba, former President Trump’s lawyer, signaled that she does not have high hopes for the former president’s success in the secret trial in New York.

“But I don’t have a lot of hope at this point that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right thing,” Habba said in an interview Wednesday on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports.” “We are in a sad state, as you know, Greg. And I think it’s all intentional.”

“We are in a case that was eight years old, over prescription, was denied by the [former Manhattan District Attorney] Cy Vance, then brought in only after President Trump decided he would run for office,” she added.

Habba, who is not representing Trump in his silence case, has frequently criticized the numerous accusations 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 with refunds made to his former fixer, Michael Cohen, for a payment he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to keep silent 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 prevent him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and the judge’s family.

Habba suggested that people take a closer look at the prosecutorial team in the hush money case.

“And like you said, look how many people they have,” she said. “And I can’t talk about that from the American because of the unconstitutional gag order, but I think we should also take a look at who’s on that team and where those people came from.”

“It is very worrying, as you know, and I know you know this well…. we are in the fight of our lives right now,” she added.

The trial, the first criminal trial of a former or sitting US president in history, will resume on Thursday.