Trump's TV lawyer Alina Habba told Newmax host Carl Higbie that the possibility of Trump going to jail is “not even something we think about," and people shouldn't panic because the Secret Service is going to protect him. Sure they are. That's why you're talking about it on national television, right?
Host Carl Higbie brought up the gag orders in New York and in the federal election case, saying that they're actually helping Trump's campaign by raising millions of dollars.
"How is this — Could they even possibly throw him in jail? What would that look like?" Higbie asked.
"He's protected by Secret Service, period," Habba said, laughing. "So I always tell people when they're panicked, listen, he's protected by Secret Service, number one. Number two, he did nothing wrong." She cited his innocence as the second example on her list.
"So, when people go to jail because they've done something wrong. Do we have crooked situations in and out of court?" asked Habba rhetorically. "Absolutely. Could they try? Probably? But it won't work because there is still [a] trial process. There [are] still facts and unfortunately, they're not going to win on the facts. Secret Service will always protect President Trump. That's the truth. They have to. Wherever he is. But it's not — it's not even something we think to be honest, because this is all political. It's really not. 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."
The fact that he's got Secret Service protection will certainly complicate things if one of the judges finally has enough of his threats and violating the gag orders, but it doesn't mean he's above the law. Even his former White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicted he's going to be sent to jail eventually, even if it's just for a night or a weekend.
Habba's idiocy was met with the appropriate scorn on Xitter:
