Alina Habba, an attorney representing former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC, is slamming Special Counsel Jack Smith for moving quickly to have the U.S. Supreme Court consider the federal criminal case involving the 2020 election and Trump’s immunity defense.
The indictment accuses Trump of participating in criminal conspiracies to alter the outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. Trump has sought to dismiss the charges by claiming that he has presidential immunity.
Smith has raised the matter with the nation’s top court, stating that it should be addressed before the D.C. Circuit’s decision and referencing the upcoming March 4 trial date for Trump. With the Supreme Court’s approval, Trump is now required to reply by December 20. After that, they will determine whether or not to accept the case.
“There’s a genuine sense of urgency,” Habba stated during an interview. “The only urgency I see is that they are not going to be able to defeat him in the November 2024 election.”
Habba declared that Smith’s actions are “everyone can see” and that they “represent election meddling at its best.”
She said to Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow, “They can’t beat him in the ballots, so they’re going to have to, you know, lie, cheat, steal, or the newest, lawfare, put him in jail, tie him up.”
According to Kudlow, they don’t want Trump on the campaign trail because he would have to appear in court every day.
“It’s actually playing against them,” Habba concurred.
An attorney representing former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC criticized special counsel Jack Smith during a Wednesday interview for what she is characterizing as questionable legal proceedings in the Jan. 6 election interference case.
Smith filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, while Trump’s lawyers filed one with the Appeals Court for the District of Columbia in an attempt to determine if he is immune from prosecution because the alleged actions took place while he was still president. The nation’s highest court has agreed to hear Smith’s motion.