MIAMI — Former President Donald’s lawyer and spokesperson Trump, Alina Habba, stated that the trials against the former president are a waste of time and poorly spent money that is paid for by American taxpayers.
“This is where the money taxpayers pay in USAright here: Witch hunt after witch hunt!” civil and criminal cases in the midst of the election campaign for the White House.
Habba gave statements to the media as he left the courthouse in New York where Trump is currently facing two trials, after the judge decided to maintain the $175 million bail sentence imposed by Trump in a case of alleged civil fraud. , despite attempts by New York Attorney General, Democrat Letitia James, to overrule it.
And the Democratic prosecutor tried to challenge the validity of the bail, questioning the payment capacity of the insurer, the Knight Insurance Company, the company that promised to pay the sum established by Judge Arthur Engoron. But the court rejected James’ attempt and confirmed bail.
Trump must post bail to block the conviction while he seeks an appeal.
The bond prevents the state from seizing Trump’s assets to satisfy the more than $454 million he owes after losing a court case brought by the Democratic state attorney. She had alleged that Trump, along with his company and key executives, defrauded bankers and insurers by lying about his wealth.
The former president was charged in March 2023 with falsifying business records related to money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign to maintain her silence. Daniels alleges that she had an affair with Trump in 2006, an allegation the former president has denied.
Trumpthe 45th president of the United States and the first former president in the history of the United States to sit on the criminal bench, this week faces the trial of the alleged payment presided over by the judge of Colombian origin Juan Merchan, in which he is accused of 34 crimes for alleged accounting fraud to cover up the payment of $130,000 to the former porn film actress in order to “silence” an alleged sexual encounter that occurred a decade earlier, so that it would not interfere in the final stretch of the 2016 campaign that He beat Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges and said the case against him is politically motivated and orchestrated by Democrats in an attempt to eliminate him from the race.
Habba criticized the trials against the former president, stating that taxpayers’ taxes are being misused.
“The fact that we have two courts (…) used against a man because they can’t beat him in the polls is a disgrace to the American judicial system. He shouldn’t have two teams of lawyers here today. He shouldn’t even be here today because he didn’t do nothing bad. It is the epitome of a witch hunt,” said Habba, referring to the other judicial process that Trump faces for the accusation of the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, about the case of the porn actress.
The other five Trump trials
The former president faces four other legal proceedings: In August 2023, 15 months before the 2024 elections, he was accused of “illicit attempt” to supposedly reverse the result of the 2020 elections. This is the case for the assault on Capitol on January 6, 2021, which for now has been postponed pending the Supreme Court ruling on the immunity of Trump, who at that time was still the president of the United States.
Another process is that of classified documents, in which he is accused of “compromising national security” for taking documents. He was accused in June 2023 and faces 41 charges in total. Former Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden were also investigated on this same topic, for whom the FBI found secret documents. In Biden’s case, the documents were in his possession since he was a senator and later during his vice presidency. The classified documents were found in 4 different places. But Pence and Biden have not been prosecuted by the Justice Department led by Merrick Garland, a Biden appointee and former official during the administration of Barack Obama and Biden.
The special prosecutor in the case ruled out imposing criminal charges on Biden, arguing that he is “an old man with a bad memory.”
Another of the judicial processes is that of “illicit attempts” to reverse the result of the election in Georgia. The formal accusation was filed in August 2023.
And another of the causes is for “sexual assault” that, according to the alleged victim, Jean Carroll, would have occurred in the 90s, in the last century in a store, a case for which Trump was sentenced in New York to pay 83, 3 millions.
“This is where American taxpayer money goes, right here: Witch hunt after witch hunt.”
Alina Habba, Trump’s lawyer: “It’s legal advice. And now our taxpayers’ money, my time and our attorneys’ fees are all here because they are afraid of 2024. And you know what you should be because the American people are not stupid. They see what’s happening.”
The trial, which could last up to two months, will force Trump to spend his days in court rather than on the campaign trail, a reality he complained about Monday when he lamented to reporters after leaving the courtroom: “I’m the main candidate… and this is why they are trying to remove me from the campaign. Checks paid to a lawyer.
Source: WRITING
