Alina Habba

Trump's hush money jurors will face QAnon and Proud Boy questions

Jurors who arrive at former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial on April 15 will be asked a wide array of questions including if they ever supported the Proud Boys or Antifa, court records show.

The 42 questions hundreds of Trump's prospective peers in his New York City trial were revealed Monday in a court document first reported by MSNBC's Katie Phang.

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Alina Habba officially fired by Trump's ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg officially notified the court that attorney Alina Habba will no longer represent him in a fraud case in New York.

Days ahead of Donald Trump's criminal hush-money trial in New York, paperwork was filed in a separate case where Trump was found liable for fraud after manipulating the value of his assets. The documents were filed in the Supreme Court of New York, County of New York.

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'They had a duty': Experts erupt over Trump lawyers' potential 'deception' on fraud bond

Donald Trump's lawyers may have made misrepresentations to the court regarding the former president's bond in his civil fraud case, and legal experts are looking out for what comes next.

ProPublica reported on Friday that Trump's attorneys "had told the appellate court it was a 'practical impossibility' to get a bond for the full amount of the lower court’s judgment, $464 million."

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Trump's trial tactics have hit a wall 'named Judge Juan Merchan': legal expert

Donald Trump has had one consistent tactic for handling the serious criminal and civil litigation he faces, and that technique has met its match, according to a former trial attorney.

MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang appeared on the network on Saturday, and was asked about Trump's legal strategy. The former president has pushed for the delay or dismissal of his upcoming trial in the criminal hush money case, but has so far been mostly unsuccessful in those efforts.

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House Dems introduce law to name Miami prison after Trump

Some House Democrats proved willing this week to honor former President Donald Trump's legacy with the official dedication of a government building in his name: a Florida federal prison.

Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) on Friday will introduce legislation to rename Federal Correctional Institution, Miami — where Trump's former adviser Peter Navarro is currently incarcerated — as the Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution, according to CBS News' congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane.

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'Rejected': Trump bond filing 'returned for correction' over botched lawyering

Documents related to Donald Trump's $175 million bond were "returned for correction" after his lawyers reportedly forgot to attach a financial statement.

The New York County Supreme Court's electronic filing system showed Wednesday that Trump's "bond/undertaking" had been "returned for correction." Another reporting system listed the document as "rejected."

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'Whacked out nut job': Trump launches new attack hours after gag order extended

Hours after a judge ordered Donald Trump to stop attacking the family members of prosecutors, jurors and witnesses in his hush money trial, the ex-president unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on a favorite target.

“He is a whacked out nut job,” Trump wrote on Truth Social about Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversaw the fraud trial that he’s appealing in New York.

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'Thoughts and prayers' extended to creditor behind Trump's $175M civil fraud bond

Former President Donald Trump paid his $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case on Monday — preventing him from having sell off assets at least until his appeal works its way through the system.

But the person who bankrolled the bond is an interesting figure — and one who already has a number of financial ties to the former president, MSNBC legal expert Lisa Rubin noted on X.

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Hush money judge tightens Trump's gag order in new ruling

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial Monday night barred the former president from publicly attacking the justice's family members, court records show.

Justice Juan Merchan amended his gag order, issued last week, to include his own daughter at the behest of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the records show.

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Last-ditch effort to delay trial could see Trump fire his whole legal team: expert

Donald Trump may be lining up a mass firing of his legal team in a last-ditch effort to delay his fast-approaching criminal trials, a legal expert warned Monday.

Just two weeks before his hush money case is slated to go to court — which would be first of four criminal trials to be heard by a jury — former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance wrote that he’s desperately looking for ways to avoid it.

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Trump shares video of Alina Habba upset that people on CNN think she's a 'terrible lawyer'

Donald Trump on Easter Sunday shared a video of his attorney, Alina Habba, lamenting the fact that she is considered a "terrible lawyer" by so many people on CNN and MSNBC.

Habba, who was widely criticized by legal analysts and experts for her performance in Trump's E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, appeared on the PBD Podcast in a recent episode. The hosts ask Habba about Carroll, and about the restrictions the defense faced when it came to presenting evidence in that case.

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Internet slams Alina Habba's 'lavish' birthday party: 'What your donations are paying for'

One of the most familiar faces of Donald Trump's legal defense team in New York turned 40.

Alina Habba jet-setted away over the weekend from the legal imbroglios involving former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case and also his E. Jean Carroll defamation cases — to bliss at St. Bart's with pals to indulge at the luxury Eden Rock villa, The Daily Mail reports.

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'These people have kids': Expert shocked lawyers will work for Trump after latest threat

A day after the start date for Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial was announced, the former president was hit with a gag order by presiding New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan Tuesday.

The order came hours after Trump took to Truth Social to attack both Merchan and his daughter, calling the judge "a true and certified Trump Hater who suffers from a very serious case of Trump Derangement Syndrome."

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