Alina Habba slammed by ex-Trump attorney for leaving nobody 'at the wheel'
A former attorney for Donald Trump says the ex-president's legal campaign has been left rudderless — and he reserved special criticism for his most high-profile lawyer, Alina Habba.
Tim Parlatore, who represented Trump during the FBI raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate regarding storage of classified documents, was talking to CNN’s Laura Coates when he made the remarks.
“With Alina Habba handling discovery, that's not something where I think anybody is really at the wheel," he said.
He was talking about Trump’s fraud case in New York, which heard closing arguments Thursday at which the former president defied the judge’s orders and gave a courtroom speech.
Parlatore was also surprised that the closing arguments were focused on the fraud accusations and attacks on what Trump called a “witch hunt” of a trial, and not on the amount of damages which is what the trial was held to decide.
“Is the dog wagging the tail, or is the tail wagging the dog?” Coates asked, suggesting that Trump's legal team is not in control of him.
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"When it comes to this case, I think that in large respect it's been kind of unled for a while. I know earlier on when Ronald Fischetti was on it, he was handling it appropriately. Of course, he unfortunately passed away,” he said, referring to Trump’s former lawyer who died in November last year.
He went on, “There is nothing that I've seen that indicates that they are trying to convince this trial judge to rule in their favor. If anything, it seems like they are trying to convince this trial judge to get so mad that he makes bigger mistakes for the appeal."
Habba has been on Trump’s team since 2021, but has also become a central part of his circle, frequently being seen at Mar-a-Lago and even accompanying Trump to events such as a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship match.