Posted on 06/12/2023 9:14:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An attorney for former President Donald Trump said Sunday that she advises against a plea deal in the federal government’s classified document case.
“I know, I would never advise that, especially when he’s not done anything wrong. You take a plea deal to make something go away,” Alina Habba told “Fox News Sunday.” “That’s an admission of guilt. He would never admit guilt. Because there was nothing wrong with declassifying documents, taking documents with you.”
Habba added that any “indictment is a one-sided document,” continuing, “He has a defense—the defense is real. He had the Presidential Records Act, which only he has in play. Hillary Clinton didn’t have that. Biden didn’t have that. And we’ll put that defense on.”
On Friday, special counsel Jack Smith unsealed an indictment against Trump, including 37 federal counts such as conspiracy to obstruct justice, making false statements, and retention of national defense information. The indictment claimed that Trump kept classified records at his residences and shared them with people on several occasions.
Trump has denied the charges against him and said they’re politically motivated attempts to sink his 2024 presidential campaign. The former president will appear in a Florida court on Tuesday to face the charges. In a social media post, Trump said he would plead not guilty.
According to the indictment, classified records included “information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”
“The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods,” the court papers alleged, without elaborating on the nature of the materials.
The FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August in an unprecedented move against a current or former president. Months later, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Smith would head the classified records case, among others.
Trump, meanwhile, indicated that he would campaign for the 2024 presidency even if he was convicted. He’s made similar statements in the past, notably doing so when he was charged by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for allegedly falsifying business records in connection to payments made during the 2016 election.
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“The President...may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices...”
“information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries”
I used to love Jane’s when I was younger.
Alina Habba Habba was doing parking garage law before she was scraped up to talk on TV.
She is not involved in the document case as far as I’ve seen. Would be a very terrible choice if she were as she is totally out of her depth.
She looks cute but definitely was not hired for her brains.
“United States nuclear programs”
I’m sure they made Trump as well informed as the typical eighth grader.
“In 2019, Habba joined the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, an eight-minute drive from her law firm. There, she and Donald Trump got acquainted. Habba had never done legal work for Trump when, in September 2021, he hired her as part of his legal team, replacing several well-established lawyers who had worked for Trump for many years but had withdrawn their services, including: Marc Kasowitz, Charles Harder, Marc Mukasey, Jay Sekulow, and Lawrence S. Rosen.”
“Habba represented Trump in a legal case where he was being investigated for falsely representing the value of his assets on his New York State income tax returns. She attempted to appeal a court order requiring Trump and his children to give sworn testimony about the valuations they signed for when filing those returns, but her appeals were unsuccessful. New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James, personally questioned Trump on August 10, 2022. Habba was present during the deposition and led the defense. Trump refused to answer any questions during the four-hour deposition by citing the United States Constitution’s Fifth Amendment over 450 times.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba
““The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods,”
So sensitive that 30 FBI agents, twelve jurors, and lots of lawyers got (and will get) cut into the act.
“Habba has also held the position of general counsel for a large parking management and real estate investment firm. She has represented clients in various legal cases including a man suing a nursing home in New Jersey,[12] a student seeking a refund for tuition after University of Bridgeport moved classes to an online format.[13][14]”
This woman knows nothing about national security law and has no experience in it.
Trump never announced her name as an attorney on the document box case.
No way. That would work out to an admission of guilt.
Hell no!
Let the Justice Department choke on it, is it is ripped to
shreds.
And while they were at it, these professional crime fighters took time to rummage through Melania’s underwear.
“Trump’s Lawyer Advises Against Plea Deal In Classified Documents Case”
Really? Wow how deep! She gets paid for advice like that?
The FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August in an unprecedented move against a current or former president.
Yet FIB have yet to check out any of Biden’s 3 homes hell they can’t even get a visitors log.
It’s the white canes and sun glasses that give them away.
TRUMP-—AND ALL OF US are entitled to cite the 5th Amendment 4500 times if necessary.
THERE ARE NO VISITOR’S LOGS.
That is why Biden spends so much time in his personal residences.
ANYONE can be there & it cannot be proven
Anyone. Like the entire Soros family and Klaus Schwab.
THERE ARE NO VISITOR’S LOGS.
That we can see to many arrivals not to be logged.
some business chats can’t be done at the WH.
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