Alina Habba almost understands what classified documents are and how they need to be handled.
August 7, 2023

This post follows a weekend where Trump's other attorney said Trump merely engaged in a "technical violation of the Constitution."

And now this!

Attorney for former President Donald Trump Alina Habba told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo of the steps that have to be taken to see classified documents. Actions like not showing classified documents to just anyone all willy-nilly. These are things that her thrice-indicted client didn't do.

"Obviously, we're just two weeks away from the first GOP primary debate, two months away from the Iowa caucuses," the Fox host said. "Are you expecting to have a trial before election 2024?"

"I think that that's their goal," Habba insisted. "I think that realistically, you have to remember that a lot of these cases deal with classified documents and classified records, which means that all the lawyers now have to apply for special clearance, right?"

"So it's not a normal situation," she continued. You can't just take a classified document and review it. You have to have SCIFs. You have to have certain procedures put in place."

"So while I appreciate Jack Smith trying to bleed us all dry and trying to have a speedy trial, perhaps he should have taken a case that didn't involve classified documents that he now possesses, that we have to now repossess and review for discovery," she said.

"It's a poorly planned attack, frankly, because that's what it is," Habba said. "It's political lawfare. And he didn't think it through. So I think these are going to take a lot longer."

Habba claimed that Trump "is a machine, and he knows what he's doing in a campaign."

Didn't Trump show Kid Rock some classified documents? And for sure, he's on record for showing them to someone else, telling them that they are classified. Perhaps she should have a word with her client on how to President.

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