More projection from former Trump attorney turned "legal spokesperson" Alina Habba on Fox "news" this week. Habba made an appearance on this Thursday's Hannity, and here's the exchange between her and guest host, Judge Box-O-Wine Jeanine Pirro on the proceedings in Fulton County, Georgia now that the judge allowed Fani Willis to remain on the case, with Habba pushing the debunked lie that the Biden administration coordinated with the Justice Department to prosecute Trump.
PIRRO: Alina, welcome. It has been a very interesting week. The argument this week, actually today in Fulton County before Judge McAfee, regarding the claim by the president's attorney and some of the co-defendants' attorneys, that the essence of the indictment has to do more with the First Amendment and free speech than a crime and RICO. What say you?
HABBA: Number one, you and I both know, Judge Jeanine, that we have only one RICO situation, and that's what's happening with the Merrick Garland-Biden administration. Let's be honest about it. We've seen the White House logs. We've seen the proof. The only RICO is the coordination against Donald Trump.
What they argued today was very simple. A president has a right to speak. A human being, an American, this country is based on the constitutional First Amendment rights to speech. He had that right and he did so. He has also a right as the executive branch to question and provide election integrity. God knows our country needs that right now, Jeanine. I know you know it. I know it. The American people know it.
So that's why we're looking at this from a serious standpoint of constitutional violations, not to mention all the, frankly, the nonsense and the noise. It might be the only time I agree with CNN is when they say that Fani Willis has become a character in this. I mean, it's insane.
PIRRO: You know, Alina, when you think about it, the judge makes a decision to have her decide whether or not her boyfriend should go, but she's the one who brought the boyfriend in. She's the one who paid the boyfriend. She's the one who took the stand and said, no, I didn't have any relations until well into the relationship, which was contrary to the testimony of others. But do you think that this judge is afraid of Fani Willis?
HABBA: You know, I think that's a really good point. Honestly, I think that a lot of judges right now are afraid. If you're a Republican elected judge, you're afraid to look like you're too biased to Republicans. But by the way, if you're elected by a Democrat, if you're a Clinton appointed judge, you seem to not have a problem sanctioning us for bringing a case about Russia hoax against Hillary Clinton without even seeing me, meeting me, or hearing the case for five minutes.
It's unbelievable. We play so safe, they play dirty. That is what I've seen over and over again. And I know you see it, I see it. The American people are starting to see it. If you have a question about it, look at the poll numbers. That's why he's doing so well.
He's "doing so well" in the polls because of propaganda networks like this one constantly lying to their viewers.
Trump made the same claim during CPAC, which was fact-checked by CNN's Daniel Dale:
Biden and Trump’s indictments
Trump said of Biden: “He indicted me.” He also decried supposed “Stalinist show trials carried out at the Joe Biden orders.”
Facts First: This claim is not supported by any evidence. Grand juries made up of ordinary citizens – in New York, Georgia, Florida and Washington, DC – approved the indictments in each of Trump’s criminal cases. There is no basis for the claim that Biden ordered Trump to be criminally charged or face civil trials.
Trump’s two federal indictments were brought by a special counsel, Jack Smith. Smith was appointed in November 2022 by Attorney General Merrick Garland, a Biden appointee, but that is not proof that Biden was involved in the prosecution effort, much less that Biden personally ordered the indictments; Garland has said he would resign if Biden ever asked him to take action against Trump but was sure that would never happen. And there is no sign that Biden has had any role in bringing charges against Trump in Manhattan or Fulton County, Georgia; those prosecutions have been led by elected local district attorneys.
