Legal experts and political onlookers alike are sounding the alarm after Trump lawyer Alina Habba appeared to lean on the Supreme Court in terms of how it will rule for her boss.
Habba, who earlier in the day made news for saying she would rather be pretty than smart, appeared on Fox News where she said she felt confident the Supreme Court would hand the former president a victory. Specifically, her reasoning was that Trump had defended certain conservative justices.
"I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court. I have faith in them," she said. "You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place. He'll step up."
The attorney then added:
"Not because they're pro-Trump, but because they're pro-law, because they're pro-fairness. And the law on this is very clear."
Legal analyst and MSNBC host Katie Phang had this to say:
"Alina Habba saying the quid pro quo part out loud here."
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Keith Olbermann added, "Trump's surrogates are quietly THREATENING THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT."
A comedian picked up on it, as well.
"Alina Habba isn't helping Donald Trump or Brett Kavanaugh," the comedian wrote. "Pointing out Trump fought like hell for Justice Kavanaugh to get his Supreme Court seat and he owes Trump."
National security expert and lawyer Bradley P. Moss simply wrote, "That's not how this works."
In a separate post, he added, "Imagine for a second if a lawyer for Clinton, Obama or Biden said this. It’d be a massive scandal at Fox."
Legal analyst Allison Gill also chimed in, saying, "Yeah that's not a signal or anything."
A verified social media user wrote, "Could this be considered intimidation or quid pro quo?"
