His attorney, Alina Habba, erroneously claimed a certain statute leveled against Trump hasn't been used 'in a hundred years.'
, the section"applies to activities such as gathering, transmitting to an unauthorized person, or losing, information pertaining to the national defense, and to conspiracies to commit such offenses."
Above, a shot of former President Donald Trump at a rally in 2016. Trump's lawyer received pushback online after claiming that the statute cited in the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has not been used in 100 years.Habba's comment began to circulate online after the segment aired and drew pushback from numerous legal professionals, who counter-claimed that her take on the statute was false., said that Habba should know better.
"I'm not sure Alina Hanna knows better, but anyone who conducts a basic internet search can confirm that her claims are false," he wrote in a tweet. I’m not sure Alina Hanna knows better, but anyone who conducts a basic internet search can confirm that her claims are false.
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