The FBI searched for classified information at Trump's home. Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba came under fire on Tuesday after she demanded that the Department of Justice go against protocol and release the names of the witnesses who helped secure the warrant for the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. Habba told Newsmax that she and her client wanted the Justice Department to uncover everything so that they could see what was happening. Habba warned that witnesses are not going to be hidden for very long. She said that it was in the country's best interest to see what the basis was. The witnesses will only be revealed if the Justice Department decides to charge Trump with a crime. Habba can be heard making her case. Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, says Trump wants the Department of Justice to release the names of the witnesses who helped secure the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/n3MJsD1tBI — The Recount (@therecount) August 16, 2022 Many people explained why Habba should never have demanded that. It is apparent that Trump’s attorney has no experience handling complex federal criminal matters. It’s not clear if there is a competent criminal defense attorney quarterbacking this case on Trump’s behalf. https://t.co/xpcBABoABT — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 16, 2022 Trump hasn't been charged yet. The only possible reason to try & get witness identities is so they can be pressure or perhaps retaliated against. This is one of DOJ's key arguments for keeping the affidavit that accompanied the search warrant application confidential. https://t.co/uF9iTo3uWi
August 16, 2022.
The reason he wants the names (which he’s not entitled to unless/until he’s indicted, and even then under a protective order barring disclosure to unauthorized parties) is so he can direct his followers to deluge them with death threats and other forms of harassment/intimidation. https://t.co/aF9DZLun18
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 16, 2022
She’s a lawyer and knows what she is saying is lies mixed with totally misrepresenting how the legal system works. This schmuck just lets her make this sound “reasonable” and misinform viewers. She knows they don’t stand a chance in court—and so court of public opinion. https://t.co/fphJmZ57E1
— 𝙼𝚊𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 (@maxapotter) August 16, 2022
DOJ should affirmatively betray its witnesses and allow Trumpworld to begin violently threatening them, the former president’s lawyer argues, because there are always leaks. https://t.co/7JVTHN4h8h
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 16, 2022
Alina Habba is spewing pure nonsense. Confidential witnesses are NEVER identified at the pre-indictment stage. Grand jury secrecy really does protect the "CW" or "CC". In 25 years of working as in criminal litigation (3 as an AUSA, 22 on the defense side), I know of only one leak https://t.co/vaR4TXH73a
— Mitchell Epner (@MitchellEpner) August 16, 2022
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