Ex-President Donald Trump’s visit to personal attorney Alina Habba has continued her offensive against officials who orchestrated the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
“They needed a bit of drama, so they’re throwing this out there. They go to the judge who withdrew from my Hillary case a month ago,” Habba told Fox News host Jesse Watters in an appearance Friday.
“I would like to know why he withdrew on this case, but then he was able to sign this warrant. I want to know this.’
Habba was referring to the fact that on June 22, Judge Bruce W. Reinhart withdrew from a trial involving Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The 45th President is suing Clinton and other prominent Democrats over alleged collusion with Russia.
Six weeks after that denial, Judge Reinhart signed the warrant authorizing the Feds to search Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
During an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Alina Habba described Trump’s nonchalant reaction to Monday’s FBI raid in Mar-a-Lago
Judge Bruce Reinhart has come under scrutiny for his past political opinions and work as a defense attorney
In its denial, the magistrate wrote, “The undersigned Magistrate Judge assigned the above case hereby resigns and remits the case to the Clerk of Court for reassignment pursuant to 28 USC § 455.”
According to the specific code: “Every judge, magistrate, or magistrate judge of the United States must disqualify himself in all cases where his impartiality might reasonably be called into question.”
The judge did not specify what prevented him from overseeing the trial.
Earlier this week, Habba, along with Trump attorney Christina Bobb, accused the FBI of planting evidence during Monday’s raid.
Describing Trump’s reaction to the raid, Habba said: “He says, ‘Oh, it’s a Monday, Alina. It’s a Monday in the Trump world.” Honestly, nothing. He was confused as to why they were there. He had just seen her in June.”
Trump’s top attorney continued, “They had said, ‘Everything is fine, but could you lock it again? You know what? In my opinion, the January 6th ratings – the January 6th show – didn’t do that well.”
Trump is being investigated for obstructing justice and violating the Espionage Act
Earlier this week, Habba, along with Trump attorney Christina Bobb, accused the FBI of planting evidence during Monday’s raid
Habba said in an interview with Fox News that she was “concerned they may have planted something. You know, at this point, who knows? I don’t trust the government and that’s a very scary thing as an American.
Habba said in an interview with Fox News that she was “concerned they may have planted something. You know, at this point, who knows? I don’t trust the government and that’s a very scary thing as an American.’
On her Truth Social page, Habba has repeatedly attacked Judge Reinhart.
Watters later joked in the interview with Habba, asking if Trump himself packed one of the boxes the FBI searched during the raid.
Trump watched the raid live from Trump Tower in New York through security camera feeds at his Florida home, Bobb said during an interview with right-wing media network Real America’s Voice on Friday. Bobb joked that the Trumps probably had better vision than they did, and she was in Mar-a-Lago when the raid took place.
Habba also said during her appearance on Friday: “So explain to me why you would tell someone to put an extra lock, leave for almost two months, get a search warrant, sit for a weekend, have a cocktail and then show up again. Cannons blaze?’ Not even informing the local police, which is normal. He wasn’t even there. That makes no sense.’
Several news outlets have published articles detailing Judge Reinhart’s past as a defense attorney, including stints for pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and political donations to Barack Obama.
Trump is under investigation for obstructing justice and violating the Espionage Act, according to the newly unsealed search warrant that shows the FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago.
Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was searched by federal agents Monday
The former president insisted Friday that everything was “declassified” and agents “didn’t have to seize anything.”
Some of the documents were marked “top secret” and are said to be kept in specialized state facilities, according to a copy of the arrest warrant.
The FBI should have proven reasonable suspicion that Trump committed a crime in keeping the documents — the criminal statutes mentioned in the warrant include espionage, record removal and obstruction of justice.
Violations of the Espionage Act may include harboring or concealing an individual, collecting, transmitting or losing defense information, collecting or providing defense information to assist a foreign government, or disclosing classified information.
The 11 sensitive items included various documents marked “secret”, “top secret” and “confidential”.
Agents seized a total of 20 boxes from the Florida property, the rest included handwritten notes, photo folders, Roger Stone’s pardon and a file containing information about the French president.
obtained a copy of the warrant and receipts before they were unsealed by a Florida Magistrate judge on Friday afternoon.
The warrant gave FBI agents permission to search Trump’s office and all storage areas on the premises and said four sets of top secret documents, three sets of classified documents and three sets of confidential documents were retrieved.
Trump’s lawyers are now also claiming that former President Trump declassified the documents before leaving office. A President has the authority to declassify any document, but there is a strict federal process for doing so.