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Tim Parlatore, who opted out of the ex-president's legal team in May, shortly before Trump was indicted in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, accused Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba of making reckless public disclosures that he claims might have breached the coveted attorney-client privilege.
"Look, as lawyers we sometimes disagree with our clients but we don't go out and tell the whole world that 'I advised my client of something and he disagreed,'" he said during an appearance on CNN's "Laura Coates Live" on Friday night. "That's about the ethical rules.
"You can't talk about privileged communications, when you provide advice to the client that is between you and the client not between you and the cameras; that's insane."
"Let me be very clear: I discouraged the former president from getting on a stand with a gag order," she said. "I would never discourage the former president from testifying."
She continued: "Because honestly, our plan up until now was to have him testify, and he should testify. He always wants to testify and he should testify and when he has nothing to hide it's the best thing you should do is to put this great witness on and he's going stand up and tell you the truth."
Still, Habba said she believes Trump has no reason to respect the court for keeping the gag order (which she believes is unconstitutional) in place.
"But the judge in this matter this week — we asked him to lift the gag order so that he could testify fully and completely," she said. "If [Trump] sees people whispering and creating a ruckus next to him, he has a right to address that so the record is complete and so do his lawyers.
"That was why this is not fair this is rigged this is a banana republic. Don't give them the energy in the room."
