There have been whispers in Washington D.C., and the halls of Mar-a-Lago, that if Donald Trump secures a win in November 2024, Alina Habba will have a prominent role in his administration. It’s a rumor that seemed increasingly likely, given Habba’s announcement (via The Independent) that she will be “spitting the truth” for Trump as an official spokesperson and telling “people facts they may not be hearing in court.” Whether they’ll be fact-facts or alternative-facts remains to be seen.
As a demonstration of the “facts” that Habba will bring to the table, she accused the judge in Trump’s hush money trial of having a personal vendetta against the former president. “Once again, Sean, we have a judge who has clear ambitions and political motivations,” Habba told Sean Hannity on May 6, 2024. She claimed Judge Juan Merchan told the court that he was willing to throw Trump into jail and referred to him as “possibly the next president.” Habba said she was stunned by that remark even though Merchan was correctly stating a potential outcome of the 2024 election. Instead, she painted the remark as an admission that Merchan thinks Trump will win and is conspiring against him.
Habba also went on to claim that Judge Merchan threatened to incarcerate Trump for speech that Habba claimed was not her client’s fault. According to Habba, Trump had merely shared provocative social media posts about the trial created by his MAGA supporters. For the record, that sharing was a direct violation of the gag order, and it was not the first time Trump had defied the order either. It was the 10th time, according to CNN. Despite the numerous infractions, the former president was only penalized with fines in an effort to dissuade him from future violations that could result in jail time.
