'Not sending their brightest': Trump lawyer mocked for calling Manhattan a state

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'Not sending their brightest': Trump lawyer mocked for calling Manhattan a state

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba appeared to slip up in an interview on Fox News, complaining that it's not fair Trump should be criminally tried with a jury from a "blue state" like Manhattan. The former president faces charges of felony business fraud for allegedly concealing hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair, which Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg characterizes as a scheme to defra…