Trump attorney Alina Habba (Screen cap via Fox News)
Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba is already thinking about her client's incarceration, according to a new interview on the far-right network Newsmax.
Host Carl Higbie brought up the gag orders in New York and in the federal election case, saying that they're actually helping Trump's campaign by raising millions of dollars.
"How is this — Could they even possibly throw him in jail? What would that look like?" Higbie asked.
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"He's protected by Secret Service, period," Habba said, laughing. "So I always tell people when they're panicked, listen, he's protected by Secret Service, number one. Number two, he did nothing wrong." She cited his innocence as the second example on her list.
"So, when people go to jail because they've done something wrong. Do we have crooked situations in and out of court?" asked Habba rhetorically. "Absolutely. Could they try? Probably? But it won't work because there is still [a] trial process. There [are] still facts and unfortunately, they're not going to win on the facts. Secret Service will always protect President Trump. That's the truth. They have to. Wherever he is. But it's not — it's not even something we think to be honest, because this is all political. It's really not. There's no criminal acts that he's done. There's no civil wrongs that he's done unless making money for banks is a civil wrong."
Higbie seemed to agree, but in a strange way: "Orange man bad," he said referring to Trump's bronzer that gives him an orange hue.
"I mean that — that's — it's Trump derangement syndrome at its best," claimed Habba. "I'm not worried about him. He's not worried, and the American public shouldn't be worried."
Legal scholars debate whether Trump could go to prison if he is convicted of something. Former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal said that it is possible, but other legal analysts have disagreed, saying that it is more likely he will end up under house arrest if convicted of something that would equate to jail time.
It's certainly something on Trump's mind, as he brought it up at his recent rally in New Hampshire, comparing himself to the late South African President and activist Nelson Mandela.
The National Criminal Justice Association said in an August commentary that Secret Service protection would complicate any Trump prison sentence. Already prisons are too crowded, so isolating Trump from the rest of a cell block may not be a realistic option.
See the full conversation in the video below or click here.
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