Trump lawyer Alina Habba eviscerates NY AG Letitia James and tells her to ‘take a little piece of humble pie – we’ll be serving a lot more of that’ after ex-president’s bond was slashed to $175million

Donald Trump’s lawyer criticized New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday after… The appeals court agreed to suspend collection of the ex-president’s debts Judgment on $454 million civil fraud if he posts $175 million bail within 10 days.

Alina Habba celebrated her client’s victory during a conversation with Jesse Watters on Fox News.

‘I hope she grabbed a piece of simple pie today because that’s what she was served. Just a little. But we will serve a lot more of that in the coming years,” Habba promised during an interview on Monday evening.

Trump won a bid to delay the execution of the judgment, but until that last-minute delay he appeared to be struggling to raise the original amount and was at risk of having his property seized.

If the break had not been granted and if Trump had been unable to pay the original bond on Monday, James could have asked a court to seize assets, including prized real estate holdings such as 40 Wall Street in Manhattan and the famed Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.

James could have asked a court to seize assets, including valuable real estate holdings such as 40 Wall Street in Manhattan and the famous Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue

Alina Habba took time to rejoice in what is a small victory for her client, Trump, while speaking with Jesse Watters on Fox News, left

After the court’s decision to allow a smaller bond, Trump said he could pay now.

“I will put up the $175 million in cash or bonds or securities or whatever is needed very quickly,” Trump told reporters in New York.

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office, which is handling the civil case, said Trump “continues to be held accountable for his staggering fraud.”

The former president had approached about 30 bail bond companies through four separate brokers, but all rebuffed Trump’s efforts to secure the original bond needed to cover the $454 million judgment, his lawyers said earlier in March .

In another courtroom in New York, a judge set the trial date for Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case on Monday, April 15.

In that case, Trump is accused of criminally altering company records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.

Trump’s lawyers say the payment was intended to embarrass himself and his family, not to help him win the election.

After the court’s decision to allow a smaller bond, Trump said he could pay now

Former President Donald Trump said as he arrived for a press conference at 40 Wall Street following a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday in New York

After Judge Juan Merchan set the April 15 date, Trump boasted that the case could strengthen his campaign, telling reporters at one of his nearby properties: “It can also make me more popular because people know it’s a scam .’

Trump accused Biden of waging a legal witch hunt against him and accused the judge of corruption without providing evidence.

Republican strategists say voters have grown accustomed to his norm-shattering behavior, but a guilty verdict could hurt his ability to win over swing voters who decide the election.

Trump has said he does not need to stand trial while he is waging a political campaign, and his lawyers have filed a flurry of motions seeking to delay or derail the cases.

As it stands now, only the New York case is guaranteed to go to trial before November.

Trump also faces two criminal cases accusing him of trying to undermine his 2020 election loss to Biden, and another accusing him of mishandling classified information after he left the White House in 2021.

Former US President Donald Trump smiles in court during a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in this courtroom sketch

New Yorker Juan M. Merchan has scheduled a trial for April 15 in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case.

Trump is accused of criminally altering company records to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election

He has denied being guilty of all charges against him.

All of these cases involve more serious charges than the New York case, which stems from attempts to cover up an alleged extramarital affair.

But voters may not know until November whether Trump is guilty of undermining democracy or violating national security by storing secrets in a bathroom.

The federal election subversion case has been put on hold pending Supreme Court review, while another election subversion case in Georgia was delayed for months amid questions about whether the accuser’s romantic relationship with another lawyer posed a conflict of interest.

The federal documents case has also been delayed by Trump’s legal challenges.