Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba calls his hush money trial the 'epitome of a witch hunt' with taxpayers' dollars

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK: Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba blasts "witch hunt" in Manhattan court as she unleashed a scathing critique against civil fraud and hush money cases involving the former president.

The former commander-in-chief who represented Trump in the civil fraud trial appeared at his hush money trial on Monday, April 22, and criticized the cases as unjust and politically motivated.

Alina Habba says Donald Trump's $175M bond hearing was a waste of time

In the court hallway, Habba said she had just left the hearing of Trump's $175 million bond in his New York fraud case where "we wasted time."

Referring to the judge in the case, she said, "He doesn't understand basic principles of finance."

"The attorney general and that judge realized quickly that they had no idea what they were talking about. We came to an agreement that everything would be the same, we would modify terms, and that was it," she explained.

"This is where your taxpayer dollars are going, America: right here. Witch hunt after witch hunt," she added.

Alina Habba says Donald Trump 'did nothing wrong'

Speaking about the 77-year-old politician's court appearance for the hush money trial, she said, "[Trump] should not even be here today because he did nothing wrong. It's the epitome of a witch hunt."

"Trump's company was worth more in that case than it is now. And now what? We're here because of something that happened when he was in the White House that wasn't even wrong. It was not wrong," she continued.

"You hire lawyers to solve problems, so they solve those problems, you pay them," she continued.

Calling the trial "a joke," Habba said, "It's an affront to our American Constitution, to our judicial system. and it's an affront to every lawyer who cares about their license, who cares about what's right and wrong."

"I am sick of coming in front of the press to say this, but you have to because you people need to understand what is going on. God forbid you put an accounting thing in for legal counsel. It's legal counsel," Habba said.

"And now our taxpayer dollars, my time, our attorneys' fees, are all here because they're afraid of 2024. And you know what, they should be. Because the American people are not stupid. They see what's going on. Thank you," she added, according to the New York Post.

Internet reacts to Alina Habba's rant outside hush money trial

After Habba railed against Trump's civil fraud, and hush money cases, netizens reacted to her rant outside the Manhattan court.

"I'm not impressed with her," a user wrote on X and another user wrote, "She is an utter embarrassment to the legal profession."

One user wrote, "I think her law degree was given sarcastically," and another user tweeted, "How is she a practicing attorney?"

"I'd say she's somewhat annoyed," a user commented while a netizen opined, "I love her for how fiercely she defends Trump."

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