Donald Trump's current attorney, Alina Habba, isn't fully up to the job, according to the former president's old White House lawyer.
Ty Cobb, who earlier on Saturday tried to explain what is going through Trump's head as he faces an evolving legal "battlefield," appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports. In the latter half of the weekend interview, the host asked the lawyer about Habba and her performance in cases related to Trump.
"What is your assessment of how she has handled this case, and the vulnerabilities that come with this financial pickle that Trump has found himself in?" the host asked.
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"Well, I think that her lawyering skills have been probably appropriately assessed by most commentators," Cobb replied. "She had great difficulty in the E. Jean Carroll case, getting simple documents into evidence, getting questions asked and answered, notwithstanding the efforts to assist her by the judge."
He continued:
"In the 400+ million dollar case overseen by Judge Engoron, she was quite disrespectful. One of her clients... pled guilty to perjury in that case. Subsequently so, I think you see some pretty extreme danger down the road for her, I think, in terms of the ability to continue on the federal court stage or the high-profile stage."
At the same time, Cobb noted, "I think it is also important to understand that I don't think the president expected to win either of those cases."
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