Alina Habba feels jurors will be exposed to 'Trump derangement syndrome', Internet says 'it is very real'

WASHINGTON, DC: A prominent attorney representing former president Donald Trump is concerned that Memorial Day events may expose jurors in his New York hush money trial to 'Trump derangement syndrome', the New York Post reported.

Alina Habba, Trump's lawyer, stated that jurors should have been kept away from the public during the holiday weekend in preparation for this week's closing arguments, even if she is confident in the strength of Trump's case.

Trump's lawyer feels Memorial Day events may expose jurors to 'Trump derangement syndrome'

Habba told Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures', "In my opinion, these jurors are handling something that is completely unprecedented."

She said, "I have worries about them going back to whatever friends might have ‘Trump derangement syndrome,’ forgetting all sense of reality, and coming back and sitting in that box and saying, you know what, I have got to take one for the DNC [Democratic National Committee]."

Notably, Jurors undergoing sequestration would be housed in a hotel and monitored by court staff, who would make sure they avoided reading the media or talking to anyone else about the case. The intention is to keep extraneous information from swaying the jurors' decisions.

However, in the case that has taken place over a month, Justice Juan Merchan of the New York Supreme Court declined to sequester the jury.

Moreover, Habba was certain that the case's facts were favorable for Trump. Habba represented Trump in his civil fraud case, in which the jury finally ordered him to pay $455 million plus interest. Trump is currently appealing the judgment.

She said, "There are no facts that support this alleged crime. We’re not even sure what the crime is. So it’s a books and records issue."

Notbaly, 34 counts of fabricating business records to hide payments of hush money have been brought against Trump to undermine his political campaign. As he did with his earlier three criminal indictments, he has denied any wrongdoing and entered a not guilty plea to all allegations that are still pending against him.

Habba, who saw Trump's hush money trial, reiterated her complaints about Merchan and said that the jury instructions are her main worry over Trump's chances in this case.

She said, "It always has been, there was no case. The last resort for the prosecution is going to be this judge with political motivations going to give them instructions on how to decide the fate of a former president and the future president of the United States."

Internet trolls Trump after Alina Habba's statement 

Several internet users trolled Donald Trump as Alina Habba expressed her concern that Memorial Day events may expose jurors in the New York hush money trial to "Trump derangement syndrome".

One social media user wrote on X, "He could’ve testified," while another added, "So Trump's lawyers are planning for defeat."

One person stated, "It's not a syndrome.. Our disgust for him is real....," whereas another stated, "Oh the judge will make sure of that."

One online comment read, "In my mind, curious timing to the end of the trial. An extended break so there’s ample time to influence the jurors."

Another stated, "We only wish Alina was Trump’s lawyer in this case. We’d know for sure that he’d be convicted with her as his lawyer."

Another comment read, "Although I agree that TDS is very real. I don’t think potentially insulting the jury is going to help. Maybe not the best thing to say."

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