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Trump attorney Alina Habba attacks Judge Merchan's 'family members' despite gag order

Alina Habba, an attorney and adviser to Donald Trump, lashed out at the "family members" of Judge Juan Merchan despite a gag order in the New York hush-money case. As Trump was speaking in Washington D.C. for the first time since being re-elected, Habba launched an attack on Merchan's family during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday. Trump faces sentencing …

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Donald Trump spokeswoman and his former lawyer, Alina Habba, claimed that Judge Juan Merchan was forced to cover his mouth to hide his glee over the conviction of the ex-president — but others in the courtroom are calling the comment untrue. Habba claimed on Fox News that Merchan covered his face and was "probably" smiling after hearing the jury's decision. …

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 …

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 …

The rudiments of courtroom proceedings in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial spurred a MAGA meltdown Monday. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump both took to social media to condemn New York City Judge Juan Merchan for reminding his father that New York law mandates he appear in court every day of the trial. Eric Trump also chimed in, writing, …