Alina Habba: The ‘Last Resort’ for the Hush Money Trial Prosecution Is Going to Be this Judge with ‘Political Motivations’

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HABBA: “We have to make sure that the jury charges that Judge Merchan — who, again, we have said is severely conflicted for reasons that that I can’t speak to because of the unconstitutional gag order — but this judge is the judge that determines the jury instructions. The jury instructions are the roadmap for non-attorneys and jurors to follow the law. It’s going to be critical and, frankly, at this point, I have zero confidence in the fact that this person who should not be sitting on the bench right now will do the right thing and give jury instructions that are in an appropriate manner, without any persuasion towards the prosecution. There’s my biggest concern. It always has been. There was no case, as we saw. The taxpayer dollars have been wasted for eight years for a case that is past the statute of limitations that doesn’t exist, in a political campaign to take down Trump. So now you’ve held jurors for five weeks we’ve been sitting here, we saw no facts. And the last resort for the prosecution is going to be this judge, with political motivations, going to give them instructions on how to decide the fate of a former president and the future president of the United States."