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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he selected his advisor and defense attorney, Alina Habba as counselor to the president. “Alina has been a tireless advocate for Justice, a fierce Defender of the Rule of Law, and an invaluable Advisor to my Campaign and Transition Team,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “She has been unwavering in her loyalty, and …

Alina Habba, an adviser and attorney for Donald Trump, downplayed allegations that Russia had paid right-wing influencers by trying to link Vladimir Putin to Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. During a Sunday interview with Habba on Fox News, host Jason Chaffetz said he doubted the Department of Justice's claims that Russia paid conservative podcasters. "A $10 million payment to some …

Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, said she had "worries" about jurors in her client's hush money trial being influenced by liberals and losing "all sense of reality" over the Memorial Day weekend. During a Sunday interview on Fox News, guest host Sean Duffy complained because Justice Juan Merchan delayed closing arguments and jury deliberations until after the holiday weekend. "I …

Donald Trump's legal team signaled Monday that it intended to rest its defense in the former president's hush money trial. After a lunch break, Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, told Justice Juan Merchan that the defense had one witness — and it was not the former president. He just said they have 'a witness in the back,' but the defense will …

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba made a bold argument that her inability to understand the former president's gag order in his criminal hush money trial was unconstitutional. Trump remains under a gag order — which he has since violated at least 10 times — implemented after he repeatedly attacked Justice Juan Merchan's daughter. "We have a dual system of justice …

Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, expressed frustration Tuesday after New York Justice Juan Merchan fined her client $9,000 for violating a limited gag order. During an interview on Fox News, Habba was asked if Trump would obey the gag order now that a judge has found him in contempt of court and threatened him with jail. "He can't go on …

CNN host Phil Mattingly found himself stunned after watching a video of Trump lawyer Alina Habba publicly pressuring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to side with her client during a Fox News appearance. During an interview on Fox News Thursday, Habba suggested Kavauagh would "step up" for former President Donald Trump given how Trump stuck with him even while he …

Alina Habba accused of 'threatening the justices of the Supreme Court' with pro-Trump plea

Trump attorney Alina Habba thanked New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron after he confirmed that Donald Trump would not have gotten a jury trial – even if defense counsel had asked for it. Shortly after the trial began, Habba was accused of "forgetting" to request a jury trial on legal forms. "You have probably noticed or already read that …

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