Fox News Anchor Comes Up With New Name For Trump Fraud Case In Alina Habba Interview

Tommy ChristopherMar 14th, 2024, 12:33 pm

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum came up with a new name for former President Donald Trump’s blockbuster fraud case in an interview with Trump lawyer Alina Habba.

Trump and Habba have been trying to delay or reduce payment of the fraud judgment that could cost him in excess of $460 million if appeals are unsuccessful, although they have posted a $91.6 million appeal bond for what Trump owes for defaming E. Jean Carroll while he was president.

MacCallum has not been shy about asking Habba how it’s going in terms of raising the cash, but on Wednesday’s edition of Fox News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum, came up with a new way to refer to what most news anchors call a “civil fraud case” — calling it a “real estate evaluation case.”

But Habba still found a way to object, correcting MacCallum after she asked about the “enormous settlement”:

MACCALLUM: So, everybody watched the real estate evaluation case and the enormous settlement that they are asking for in that case.

Any update on when that money is supposed to be paid? What’s the latest, Alina?

HABBA: Yes, the latest is the same. Obviously, it wasn’t a settlement. It was a judgment.

President Trump has no business or wouldn’t settle for something he didn’t do. So this was a judgment by a judge that was — clearly had — Ms. James had in his pocket. You know, the — the judgment was absurd. The American people see that. The number is ridiculous. It’s never been seen before.

We truly stand on the same position that the appellate division needs to step in and decide what’s right and parse out basically all the injustice that has happened to President Trump. So we’re waiting on the appellate division. We will see what happens.

MACCALLUM: So, I know they announced a bond in the Carroll case, around $90 million in the Carroll case this week. Any closer to getting a bond in the real estate case?

And you’re right. It’s a judgment, not a settlement. No agreement made in that case.

(LAUGHTER)

HABBA: Yes. No, unfortunately, I can’t speak to that. That’s privileged, and I am the attorney, one of the attorneys on that case.

But, like I said, the judgment’s absurd. And the fact that we’re even talking about this, Martha, is absurd. And I hope that the appellate division will do the right thing here, as we have seen them do a few times before.

MACCALLUM: OK, we will see.

Always good to speak with you, Alina Habba. Thank you for joining us today —

HABBA: You too.

MACCALLUM: — and get caught up on the latest on all of that.