Alina Habba

Alina Habba got hit with a fact check from a legal expert on Sunday after the Donald Trump attorney dropped a "bombshell."

Habba, who made some headlines during Trump's civil defamation trial and said in October that court rulings against Trump aren't from "real judges," was recently announced to be Trump's planned "Counselor to the President" in the upcoming term.

Habba over the weekend sent out what she labeled a "BOMBSHELL." ...

Donald Trump made a surprise appearance in the post-debate spin room after his widely panned performance against Kamala Harris, and one of his attorneys tried to present that apparent cleanup attempt as "leadership."

The former president praised his own performance, saying that polling showed as many as 90 percent of viewers thought he won the debate, and one reporter interrupted to ask him to speak up while another asked where he was getting those poll numbers, although Trump didn't say.

"No headphones in, and taking questions from all journalists," said Trump attorney Alina Habba in an X post that shows the ex-president speaking with reporters. "THAT is leadership. THAT is strength. Where’s Kamala?" ...

Donald Trump's so-called "witch trials" are costing him big bucks. And he's been dipping his hand into his Save America PAC for nearly $5 million each month to cover the legal bills.

The New York Times, citing new federal election filings, reports that with just $4 million balance in the political account — cash flow is looking bleak to be able to afford the steep monthly costs to come.

Specifically, Save America claims only $4,474,030 at the end of May, and already owes $861,630 in unpaid bills, according to the report. ...

Donald Trump is about to be put even more out of his comfort zone as the legal system continues to put its weight upon him now that he's been convicted of 34 felonies.

Trump started fundraising after the jury of his peers found him guilty in the case where he was accused of paying off a porn star to hide an alleged affair for the purposes of impacting the 2016 election. Trump's biographer, David Cay Johnston, said he'd be "surprised" if the ex-president was sentenced to fewer than 30 days in jail.

David Henderson, a legal analyst described by CNBC as "a seasoned trial lawyer, civil rights attorney, and communications consultant," appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss another aspect of the legal proceedings.
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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.

Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, legal analyst Lisa Rubin said that isn't what she saw at all. ...

Former President Donald Trump scored a legal victory in New York as he waited for a panel of jurors to determine the fate of his criminal hush money trial.

The victory was not against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — who prosecuted Trump on charges that he falsified business records to conceal hush money payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election — but a member of his own family.

"The Appellate Division has affirmed the validity of President Trump's substantial claim against Mary Trump," attorney Alina Habba wrote on X Thursday. ...

A protester interrupted President Donald Trump's Ohio rally Wednesday with an accusation that drew a chorus of boos before leaving with a crude gesture.

Trump was in the middle of a riff about Sen. Jon Husted's backside at the rally in Chillicothe when a man in the crowd yelled, "Trump went on Epstein's plane!" Trump supporters drowned him out with boos, and the protester flipped them the middle finger as he was hauled out. Moments later, a second protester interrupted Trump and held two middle fingers up at him while she was dragged away.

Trump turned his attention to the first heckler. "He mentioned Epstein," Trump said. "I threw Epstein out of a club like 20 years ago because I thought he was a whack job." He went on to claim that Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, "was a Democrat" and insisted, "I was totally exonerated." Trump offered no evidence that he ever threw Epstein out of his club....

A key moment has a former Trump White House insider thinking a damning new report on Jeffrey Epstein probably holds up.

Sarah Matthews, a deputy White House press secretary in Trump's first administration, said on Tuesday's episode of "The Bulwark Daily" that first lady Melania Trump's "weird random press conference" earlier this year is the "most convincing piece of evidence" that the House Judiciary Committee Democrats' report is "probably accurate."

Host Tim Miller, a former Republican strategist, opened the show by reading from the report's executive summary, which states that "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of young women during the mid to late 1990s."...

MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough said on “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump’s explanation for canceling a rally is “a lie,” citing Republican operatives who told him the Kansas Senate race is already lost.

Scarborough said Trump was “giving lectures now on people’s mental health,” then said that what Trump has said about canceling, and why, is untrue. He said that Wednesday afternoon, Republican operatives called him and, in his words, said “this race has been gone for a week.”

Additionally, Scarborough said Democrats were surprised the president canceled at the last minute, but that the reason, in his account, is that Republicans feel Sen. Roger Marshall “has blown that race.”...