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Posted: 2024-04-15T10:44:23Z | Updated: 2024-04-15T14:04:04Z Maggie Haberman Recalls Donald Trump 'Literally Poking At' Alina Habba In Frustration | HuffPost

Maggie Haberman Recalls Donald Trump 'Literally Poking At' Alina Habba In Frustration

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig suggested what to watch out for during the former president's hush money trial.
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New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman and CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig talked about how tensions could surface between Donald Trump and his defense team during the former presidents criminal hush money trial, which is set to begin Monday.

Haberman, speaking to Kaitlan Collins on The Source, recalled Trump literally poking at his attorney Alina Habba to take action during past civil court appearances.

Being a lawyer for Trump is a tough gig, Honig noted during a discussion about Trump attorney Eva Corcorans reported departure from the presumptive GOP nominees legal team. Corcoran will now be a witness in the case.

Honig named just a few of Trumps former attorneys who have been jailed or indicted or have lost their legal licenses. Its really hard to think of an example of someone whos represented Trump and come out of it with their financial situation intact, their professional reputation intact, their exposure to crimes intact, he said. Its a grueling job.

Haberman agreed that Trump cycles through lawyers, that we have seen this over and over and over again and that it goes back, frankly, many, many years.

Honig suggested keeping an eye on the dynamic that plays out between Trump and his lawyers, because theres always a little bit of tension at trial.

Sometimes, the defense lawyer wants to go one way, the client wants him to be more aggressive here or less aggressive there, he noted. And that can bubble over. And sometimes, that gets reflected in the courtroom itself.

Weve seen it already, Haberman suggested. At least in the civil cases. There was a lot of Donald Trump literally poking at his lawyer, Alina Habba, to get up.

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