‘This is where your tax dollars are going to America, right here, witch hunt after witch hunt…,’ attorney Alina Habba tells Americans.
An attorney for former President Donald Trump blasted New York AG Letitia James for wasting taxpayer money, after a judge dismissed James’ claims the bond Trump posted last week in his civil trial was illegitimate.
“A complete waste of time and taxpayer money, once again,” Trump lawyer Alina Habba told reporters on Monday outside the courtroom, amid opening statements in Trump’s Manhattan criminal “hush money” trial.
Trump attorney @AlinaHabba: “This is where your taxpayer dollars are going, America! Right here—witch hunt after witch hunt!” pic.twitter.com/F37GmgVAKI
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“The fact that we have two courts, not one criminal and civil, being used against one man because they cannot beat him in the polls is a disgrace to the American judicial system. He should not have two teams of lawyers here today. He should not even be here today because he did nothing wrong. It is the epitome of a witch hunt.”
Habba continued: “Ms. James wanted to argue and say that our cash somehow isn’t green enough. This is where your tax dollars are going to America, right here, witch hunt after witch hunt… We’re here because of something that happened when he was in the White House that wasn’t even wrong. It was not wrong. You hire lawyers to solve problems, they solve those problems, we pay them. That’s it. This is a joke.”
The lawyer’s forceful rebuke of the case comes as Judge Arthur Engoron dismissed James’ attempts to invalidate the $175 million bond posted by Trump last week and backed by Knight Specialty Insurance, instead imposing special reporting and monitoring requirements on the former president’s finances.
Trump also laid in on the NY AG’s failed attempt to bring his bond into question, saying, “I put up $175 million in cash but she said the bonding company isn’t good. She doesn’t like the bonding company because she doesn’t know if their collateral is good. I put up $175 million in cash and she is questioning the bonding company!”
