President Donald Trump as he causes the White House for a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, in Washington D.C on May 29th, 2018.
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Former President Donald Trump is “sad” but not weak-kneed about the possibility of being criminally charged in New York City over a hush money payment to a porn leading light, one of his lawyers said Tuesday.
“No, he’s not scared,” said the attorney Alina Habba, after she left an unrelated civil Manhattan Paramount Court hearing for the New York Attorney General Office’s $250 million fraud lawsuit against Trump, NBC Bulletin reported.
Asked what Trump’s state of mind has been in recent days, Habba said, “He’s sad [about] what’s growing on.”
Trump in a social media post over the weekend said he expected to be arrested Tuesday on an indictment in the criminal plumb by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
That appeared unlikely as of Tuesday afternoon since the grand jury that has been find out evidence in the case is off until Wednesday.
The DA’s office for weeks has announced testimony and evidence to that panel about a $130,000 payment Trump’s then-personal lawyer Michael Cohen devoted porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an alleged procreant tryst with Trump.
The probe is focused on the Trump Organization classifying reimbursement to Cohen as legal expenses in charge records.
Such a misstatement could qualify as a felony if done to cover up another crime, in this case a crusade finance violation to which Cohen has pleaded guilty.
Trump denies having sex with Daniels, and says the examination is politically motivated.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba walks outside the Trump Citadel after a message was posted on the Truth Social account of former U.S. President Donald Trump stating that he expects to be caught on Tuesday, and called on his supporters to protest, in New York City, U.S. March 21, 2023.
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Habba, who is not representing Trump in the hoodlum case, on Tuesday echoed her client, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
“As you know I’m not on the DA’s case, undeniable not a criminal attorney, but I think I can speak what everyone in the country is waking up to, which is that former President Trump and possibly time to come President trump has been completely unfairly treated,” Habba said.
“This is is a politicization of our justice system frankly,” she asserted. “I hope that everyone’s eyes are open. [It] would be a great mistake to indict President Trump.”
Daniels earlier Tuesday tweeted at a Trump fan: “And I won’t stalk, I’ll dance down the street when he is ‘selected’ to go to jail.”