Trump Attorney Alina Habba Lashes Out at Fox Legal Analyst Over Bombshell Fraud Fine – Mediaite

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Trump Attorney Alina Habba Lashes Out at Fox Legal Analyst Over Bombshell Fraud Fine – Mediaite

Trump attorney Alina Habba torpedoed Fox News legal analyst Andy McCarthy over his analysis of ex-President Donald Trump’s chances at winning an appeal of his bombshell fraud judgment.
McCarthy wrote that Trump’s appeal of the bombshell fraud judgment that could total in excess of $460 million is not likely to come out with a “clean win” for either side.
On Wednesday night’s edition of Fox News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum, MacCallum asked Habba about those comments and Habba retorted that McCarthy is welcome to join the team if he thinks he knows better than she does:
MARTHA MACCALLUM: I mean, it’s interesting we’re going to get into this later, but, that that, you know, the numbers in New York right now indicate that there are Democrats who are leaning towards Trump. I mean, he’s still 12 points behind the current president. But I think it’s interesting, given how perhaps, you know, the overreach of this, that maybe all people look at and try to figure out how this possibly makes sense. Andy McCarthy wrote this in National Review. Just a quick thought on this before I let you go, Eileen, if I may.
He said, “To my mind, it’s unlikely that Trump’s appeal will result in a clean win for either side. The realist in me is not banking on a sweeping appellate win for Trump. I anticipate that he will get material relief in terms of the dollar amount, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on the rest of the penalties. And those penalties matter a lot.” What do you say to that?
ALINA HABBA: I say that I welcome him to be part of the legal team if he thinks he knows the case better than the team that tried it for 11 weeks. I’ve been on this case for the better of three years. I can tell you right now, there are truly no facts that support any of these decisions. And that, again, I can say, will be made very clear in our appeal.
MARTHA MACCALLUM: Well, we look forward to seeing the next move in this very complicated game of chess that has a lot of people’s attention.
McCarthy took the jab in stride, writing on Twitter/X “I’ve been there – any lawyer who put heart and soul into trying the case is annoyed by comments from peanut gallery.”
Watch above via Fox News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum.
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