In a recent interview on "Sunday Morning Futures," Alina Habba, attorney for former President Donald Trump, discussed the ongoing civil fraud trial in New York.
Habba argued that New York Attorney General Letitia James should dismiss the case, stating that she would be filing for a mistrial. She pointed out that the presiding judge had previously issued a gag order, suggesting a potential bias.
Habba was questioned by host Maria Bartiromo about the accusations that Trump had overvalued assets. Bartiromo asked, "These accusations that he overvalued assets what kind of third party people did you have or did Donald Trump have in terms of doing their own evaluation because, I mean, when you go to get deals you have to get auditors to okay the valuations that you put in, right? Did you have auditors to do that?"
In response, Habba confirmed that an accounting firm had compiled the valuations and that Trump had worked with "sophisticated lenders," including Deutsche Bank. She emphasized that these lenders were not harmed, stating, "They werent harmed, they were paid on time, they were paid with interest, they made money."
Habba criticized Attorney General James for interfering in private business matters, arguing that this was not the intended purpose of the consumer fraud law she was using. She accused James of manipulating the law to gain control over the case and bypass a jury trial. Habba also expressed concern about the judge's impartiality, stating, "The problem we have is the judge is the one thats going make those decisions and hes proven himself to be quite motivated by the other side."
When asked about the involvement of Trump's children, who have testified in the case, Habba asserted that they were not involved and should not be part of the case. She accused James of using their involvement for publicity and to make a political statement.
"Radical left liberals dont really care about facts, they don't care about law. They care about making statements and these kids did nothing wrong. They should not be in this case, Ivanka is out of the case. The boys should not be in the case, their testimony was direct, and they want to make it as if there was some sort of corruption and some sort of conspiracy. There was none," she said.
Habba reiterated that no one was harmed and accused James of pursuing the case for political gain. "But Mrs. James wanted a headline, she campaigned on this, remember, before she was even the attorney general. That's how she got the attorney general role. She campaigned on Trump, so she had to follow through, and she should really dismiss this case, it's making her look bad, frankly, and the city needs her attention elsewhere," Habba concluded.
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