Ex-Trump Attorney Slings Mud At Alina Habba Over Handling Of Fraud Case

A former Donald Trump lawyer urged the previous president’s authorized crew has been dealing with his New York civil fraud trial so messily that they could not even be attempting to acquire a ruling of their favor.

“With Alina Habba handling discovery, you know, that’s not something where I think anybody was really at the wheel,” Tim Parlatore advised CNN in an alternate flagged by Mediaite.

He mentioned the crew’s technique “seemed to me to be kind of a combination of building a record for the appeal and putting out things into the media that are helpful to the campaign.”

Parlatore resigned as an lawyer to Trump in May final yr, citing infighting amongst the previous president’s legal professionals.

“There’s nothing that I’ve seen that indicates that they are trying to convince this trial judge to rule in their favor,” Parlatore mentioned of the fraud trial. “If anything, it seems like they’re trying to convince this trial judge to get so mad that he makes bigger mistakes for the appeal.”

Judge Arthur Engoron, who’s overseeing the multimillion-dollar fraud case introduced by New York Attorney General Letitia James, has repeatedly clashed with Trump’s authorized crew all through the trial.

He has confronted threats and abuse, together with a bomb menace at his house this week and chronic social media vitriol from Trump.

Chris Kise, Alina Habba and Cliff Robert are among the many attorneys dealing with Trump and his two eldest sons’ protection within the fraud trial, which heard closing arguments Thursday.

Parlatore mentioned that Kise’s presence suggests Trump is specializing in a future attraction.

“He’s not a trial attorney,” Parlatore mentioned. “He’s an appellate attorney. And so, one of the reasons why he’s there is probably just to prep this case for an appeal.”

Trump spoke on the finish of the trial, regardless of Engoron denying him permission to take action.