A member of former President Donald Trump's legal team revealed on Tuesday why no one should be concerned about the possibility of the former president going to jail.
Alina Habba, who is one of Trump's lead defense attorneys on his civil cases, said the possibility of Trump spending any time in jail is not something people should think about because the cases are political and because the former president has "done nothing wrong." The comment comes after Trump incurred fines for violating a gag order.
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"He’s protected by Secret Service, period. So, I always tell people when they’re panicked, 'Listen, he’s protected by Secret Service, No. 1. No. 2, he did nothing wrong,'” Habba told Newsmax. "So, when people go to jail, it’s because they’ve done something wrong. Do we have crooked situations in and out of court? Absolutely. Could they try? Probably, but it won’t work because there is still trial process, there is still facts, and unfortunately, they’re not going to win on the facts."
The comment comes after Trump was slapped with a $10,000 fine for violating a gag order by insulting and threatening the judge’s staff in his New York business fraud case. He could also face fines, or even jail time if he violates a second gag order related to his criminal federal election interference case, according to former White House attorney Ty Cobb.
“Well, the New York judge fined him $10,000,” Cobb told CNN on Monday. “That’s in a civil case. That’s not as consequential as Judge [Tanya] Chutkan’s case… I think she’ll come in with a much heavier penalty, and ultimately, I think he’ll spend a night or a weekend in jail.”
Habba said her team is not concerned about the possibility of Trump going to jail and chalked the legal attacks up to "Trump derangement syndrome."
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"It’s not even something we think about, to be honest, because this is all political," Habba said. "There’s no criminal acts that he’s done. There’s no civil wrongs that he’s done, unless making money for banks is a civil wrong all of a sudden. ... It’s Trump derangement syndrome at its best. I’m not worried about him, he’s not worried, and the American public shouldn’t be worried.”
The former president has faced legal trouble in both civil and criminal court. Trump has pleaded "not guilty" to four criminal indictments since leaving the White House, including alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and mishandling of classified documents after he left the Oval Office in January 2021.