Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba predicted that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would rise to power in favor of the president who appointed him – in a usual public reminder of Trump's efforts to keep his lifetime appointment to secure.
She made the remark to Fox News host Sean Hannity just days after she acknowledged Trump's concerns that the Supreme Court could rule against him over a Colorado Supreme Court decision to bar him from voting there.
“I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court,” she told Hannity. “I have confidence in them.” “You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get to power, will stand up,” she said.
“These people will stand up.” Not because they are for Trump, but because they are for the law, because they are for fairness. And the law on this is very clear,” she said.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will “step up” in the Colorado election case, Trump lawyer Alina Habba predicted
Her comments, reported by Mediaite, come in the context of a presidential election in 2024 in which the Supreme Court will have a crucial role.
Trump wants the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado's decision barring Trump from voting because of a clause in the 14th Amendment that restricts office to “persons found to have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” “, excludes.
Trump's team argues that the language does not apply to the presidency.
She spoke after Hannity said, “As far as I know, no one has been charged, let alone convicted, of insurrection.”
“He was not charged with insurrection. He was not prosecuted for this. “He was found not guilty,” Habba said.
“The 14th Amendment insurrection, let's remember, Sean, was intended to prevent people from taking office before a war, who were pro-slavery, who were anti-American.” That's not it.'
She previously referenced Kavanaugh's brutal confirmation fight in 2018, at the same time as he faced allegations of sexual assault. The confirmation was a big win for Trump. He was the second of three nominees Trump put on the Supreme Court to secure a 6-3 conservative majority.
Habba and Fox host Sean Hannity agreed that Trump was convicted of “insurrection.”
Habba pointed to Kavanaugh's brutal confirmation fight and said Trump “went through hell” to get him into the seat
Habba's comments came days after she said the former president was concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court could rule against him in cases that would keep him off state ballots in the 2024 election.
Habba told Fox News that conservatives are “getting nervous” and wary of being seen as “pro-Trump” — even on the Supreme Court, where Trump appointed three of its nine members during his single term.
She spoke after host Martha McCallum asked Trump whether he feared the court could rule against him despite his role in creating a conservative supermajority.
Trump's legal team has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking to overturn a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that barred him from voting there, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
“This is a concern he expressed to me, he expressed it publicly to everyone, not privately.” “I can tell you that his concern is legitimate,” Habba said Wednesday.
Trump's lawyer Alina Habba says the former president raised concerns that the Supreme Court could rule against him on the day his team appealed a Colorado Supreme Court decision that barred him from voting there
“You know, Republicans are conservative. You get nervous. They unfortunately sometimes shy away from being pro-Trump because they feel that even if the law is on our side, they might appear to be influenced in the same way that the Democratic side would be, right ?”
“So they try to appear neutral so sometimes they make the wrong decision. “I just encourage them to take a look at the law and the Constitution.”
She said there should be “no politics” in the decision, it was “just American,” she added.
She was asked about New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's comment on CNN that Trump and his advisers believe he will win, but that Trump “fears they will appear as if they don't want to be with him.” Favors rule and could rule against him.'
Habba was at Trump's side throughout the New York fraud trial
“You know, Republicans are conservative. You get nervous. “Unfortunately, sometimes they shy away from being pro-Trump,” Habba said
That came even as some Trump critics expressed concerns that the rulings in Colorado and Maine could win Trump's sympathy while depriving voters of the opportunity to decide his fate.
Habbas' latest comments came as Trump's lawyers wrote in their appeal that the Colorado ruling, “if it stands, will mark the first time in United States history that the justices have prevented voters from casting their votes in the presidential election.” leading major party.' Candidate.'
They wrote that the question of eligibility “is rightly reserved for Congress, not state courts, to consider and decide.”
It was not an “insurrection,” and President Trump did not “participate” in an “insurrection” in any way, they argued.
Habba was at Trump's side during his separate New York fraud trial. She was also pictured partying with him on New Year's Eve at Mar-a-Lago, including in a picture drew criticism of X because what was written on the posters was a crude attempt to photoshop the former president.