Alina Habba

Former President Donald Trump has been facing two separate gag orders — one in New York Attorney General Letitia James' fraud case, the other in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference prosecution.

Trump attorney Alina Habba has been angrily railing against the gag order in James' case, insisting that Trump's First Amendment rights are being violated. But James' office, according to Newsweek, has defended the gag order in a court filing, citing threats against Justice Arthur Engoron's staff as an important reason for it.

A former prosecutor is debunking Donald Trump's claim that he can't testify on Monday because of the gag order.

Responding to Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, saying she wouldn't recommend testifying with a gag order in place. But CNN legal analyst Elie Honig called it a fake excuse.

It didn't take long for the former president to withdraw his lawyer's promise.

It's been just a few days since Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba proclaimed he was not afraid and that's why he would testify on Monday.

During an appearance on CNN early Sunday morning, former federal prosecutor Shan Wu laughed and seemed baffled why Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba chose to go on Fox News last Friday and admit she doesn't want her client to take the stand on Monday.

Appearing with CNN host Amara Walker, Wu was asked what he expected Trump to say and do when he takes the stand on Monday in Judge Arthur Engoron's courtroom on Monday to defend himself in the $250 million financial fraud trial.

First stating, "A lot could go wrong; he's a bad witness for everybody, he meanders a lot when he's on direct, he meanders a lot on cross, if he gets hostile on cross that's not a very good look for him.," the attorney added, "It is a bench trial, it could be less damaging than before a jury, and it may mean nothing because the judge has already decided the important parts of the case."

Changing gears he brought up Habba's appearance on Fox where she told host Martha MacCallum that she advised her client to boycott appearing and that he is ignoring her advice.

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"First of all, usually, you don't get in front of the cameras and say what you advise the client— it's kind of privileged," Wu laughed.

"Second of all, it seems wrong," he continued. "I mean, no one is going to find he violated a gag order by testifying. I mean: apples and oranges. The gag order is don't talk about the trial outside of the courtroom, not that you're not allowed to testify. So it just seems odd."

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She may have wronged The Don.

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.

Donald Trump's defense lawyers have made their fourth unsuccessful attempt to end his New York business fraud trail, ABC News reported.

Attorneys argued following testimony from defense witness and accounting expert Eli Bartov, who said the case against Trump lacks merit because the former president's statements of financial condition don't contain any evidence of fraud. He also contended that errors found regarding the values of Trump's properties were likely unintentional.

Former President Donald Trump is blowing off the advice of his lawyers by testifying in his civil fraud trial next week, and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig on Friday outlined the massive risks that the former president is taking.

Honig started out by asserting that "any competent lawyer on the planet would tell Donald trump, 'You are taking the fifth, you are not taking the stand," and then he proceeded to shred Trump lawyer Alina Habba for her seemingly nonsensical legal ramblings about Trump testifying.

Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he attended his $250 million fraud trial to deliver the "true story."

Following the questioning of the defense's final expert witness, Trump emerged from the courtroom to deliver a 5-minute rant to reporters and television cameras.

Donald Trump's lawyers keep making long-shot bids to end his New York fraud trial, and observers have laughed at loud at their far-fetched efforts.

Justice Arthur Engoron, the judge who's presiding over the case, has already found Trump liable for fraud in a summary judgment before the proceedings started, but the former president's legal team has asked three separate times for a "directed verdict," which would end the case in his favor and almost never works, reported The Daily Beast.