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'She should have opted for smart': Alina Habba ridiculed over gag order confusion

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba made a bold argument that her inability to understand the former president's gag order in his criminal hush money trial was unconstitutional.

Habba spoke to Fox News in an interview from outside the Manhattan criminal courthouse where Trump faces an ongoing trial on charges he falsified business records to cover up hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Alina Habba 'smiling ear to ear' as Stormy Daniels explains she needs security: reporter

Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney and spokesperson, was seen "smiling ear to ear" as adult film actress Stormy Daniels explained why she needed private security after threats from the former president.

During Daniels' Thursday testimony in Trump's hush money trial, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Susan Hoffinger followed up with defense attorneys Susan Necheles' cross-examination by highlighting the threats Daniels faced after she alleged an affair with Trump.

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'The judge blamed you': Fox News host turns tables on Alina Habba over Stormy Daniels

Fox News host Bill Hemmer confronted Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, after a New York judge blamed the former president's legal team for not objecting enough during the trial.

During a Wednesday interview on Fox News, co-host Dana Perino noted that New York Justice Juan Merchan agreed that some of Stormy Daniels' testimony went too far in Trump's hush money case. Daniels testified about her alleged affair with the former president.

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​'Trump picked her': Alina Habba's jab at Stormy Daniels swiftly turns against her

Alina Habba, the lawyer for former President Donald Trump who'd rather be pretty because she can fake being smart, saw her words turned against her when she tried to insult Stormy Daniels.

Habba appeared on Fox News Tuesday night to discuss with Sean Hannity what she witnessed during Trump's ongoing criminal hush money trial in New York City, where he stands accused of falsifying business records ahead of the 2016 presidential election, when Daniels took the stand.

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'Ludicrous': Alina Habba mocked for insisting 'literally no one' is as energetic as Trump

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba appeared on Newsmax Wednesday with Eric Bolling to talk up the former president in glowing terms — and one of her most emphatic praises for Trump was his energy level.

"There’s literally nobody tougher or more energetic than Trump," said Habba, a controversial attorney who has gotten into disputes with judges during Trump trials and once said she would "rather be pretty" than smart, because she could fake being smart.

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Anticipated Trump witness Hope Hicks admitted telling lies for ex-president: reporter

Donald Trump's former top aide, Hope Hicks, is expected to testify in his Manhattan hush money trial in the coming weeks, and analysts are anticipating the bombs of information she'll drop.

Speaking as part of the Wednesday panel with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, campaign reporter Vaughn Hillyard recalled Hicks' testimony to the House committee that investigated the Russia scandal.

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Trump team hatching 'jailbreak' strategy to keep judge from locking him up: report

Donald Trump's team is scrambling to keep him out of jail if the former president keeps running his mouth about his criminal trial.

New York Judge Juan Merchan found the ex-president in contempt of court Tuesday and fined him $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order, and Trump's allies and advisers are hatching a plan to keep him out of jail if the judge eventually determines it's necessary to keep him in line, reported Rolling Stone.

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'It's hard for me to stand it': Alina Habba bursts with frustration over Trump's gag order

Alina Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, expressed frustration Tuesday after New York Justice Juan Merchan fined her client $9,000 for violating a limited gag order.

During an interview on Fox News, Habba was asked if Trump would obey the gag order now that a judge has found him in contempt of court and threatened him with jail. Merchan previously ruled that Trump could not talk about potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, or their families.

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'Not sending their brightest': Trump lawyer mocked for calling Manhattan a state

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba appeared to slip up in an interview on Fox News, complaining that it's not fair Trump should be criminally tried with a jury from a "blue state" like Manhattan.

The former president faces charges of felony business fraud for allegedly concealing hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg characterizes as a scheme to defraud voters in the 2016 election out of essential information. Trump denies the payments were illegal and further denies the affair even happened.

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Trump's courtroom antics doom bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case

A federal court shot down Donald Trump's request for a new trial or a reduced penalty in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case.

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan found the ex-president's motion for a new trial to be without merit, saying that jurors could see for themselves during the course of the trial that Carroll had proven her case and that Trump had acted with malice.

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'Honey hush': Alina Habba skewered for claiming judges try to make her look incompetent

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba claimed Tuesday she has been made to look incompetent by judges and that fellow Trump attorney Todd Blanche, recently scolded for "losing all credibility," had been subjected to the same treatment.

During an appearance on Newsmax, Habba defended the questionable performance of Trump's lead attorney in his criminal hush money case during a hearing over 10 possible violations of his limited gag order.

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Melania Trump takes part in campaign event that barely drowns out hotel lobby muzak

Melania Trump returned to the political scene with a low-key solo appearance for Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago.

The former first lady had previously joined her husband earlier this month at a high-dollar fundraiser in Palm Beach, but she stepped out without him Saturday at the headliner for the LGBTQ conservative group and was greeted with polite but subdued applause, reported The Daily Beast.

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'Take the stand': Michael Cohen trolls Trump after his courthouse fulmination

Michael Cohen trolled Donald Trump Monday after he was badmouthed by the former president outside the New York City courtroom where Trump faces an ongoing hush money trial.

"Your attacks of me stink of desperation," Cohen told Trump, using his lewd nickname for the former president. "We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense."

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