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ποΈ 9 December 2025
β±οΈ 78 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the mop-up. I'm David Feldman. Thank you so much for finding me. Trump's former defense lawyer, |
| 0:07.2 | Alina Haba, who famously said she'd rather people think she's pretty than smart. Resign Monday as |
| 0:14.0 | acting U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey. Now she'll go back to acting as an attorney. Alina Haba, in case you forgot, is the New Jersey |
| 0:24.2 | stripmull lawyer who first caught Donald Trump's attention by walking around his Bedminster, |
| 0:29.9 | New Jersey Country Club in a bikini. He said, boy, do I like their resume on that one? So he immediately |
| 0:36.5 | hired her to serve as his defense attorney |
| 0:39.9 | in both the E. Jean Carroll trial, where Trump was accused of sexually assaulting and defaming |
| 0:46.7 | the plaintiff, and New York State Attorney General Letitia James's civil lawsuit, |
| 0:52.4 | charging Trump with defrauding lenders out of hundreds of |
| 0:55.5 | millions of dollars. |
| 0:57.2 | Alina Haba lost both cases for Trump. |
| 1:00.8 | Pending appeal, Trump now owes Ejan Carroll close to $100 million. |
| 1:07.1 | Pending appeal, he owes the state of New York half a billion dollars, although he's probably |
| 1:12.8 | not going to have to pay that one. |
| 1:14.9 | So with that kind of track record, he had no choice but to appoint Alina Haba interim U.S. |
| 1:22.1 | attorney for the state of New Jersey. |
| 1:24.9 | I mean, who's more qualified? |
| 1:31.7 | There are 93 U.S. attorneys around the country. |
| 1:38.4 | All of them must be confirmed by the Senate. Now, by law, a president can appoint an acting U.S. attorney to serve while awaiting Senate confirmation. But if after that 120-day deadline expires, |
| 1:51.3 | that's how it works. |
| 1:53.9 | You can serve as an acting attorney |
| 1:57.9 | while waiting for confirmation, |
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