Trump's attorney Alina Habba says she 'worries' the jurors in hush money trial will be influenced by liberals who have lost 'all sense of reality'

Donald Trump's long-time lawyer has warned that the New York jurors in his hush money case could be infected with 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' by liberal friends and families over the holiday weekend.

Closing arguments are set to begin when the court returns on Tuesday before the jury is sent to consider its verdict on 34 charges of falsifying business records against the former president.

And Alina Habba, who represented Trump in his civil fraud case, slammed judge Juan Merchan for not sequestering the jurors in a hotel for what could be the final weekend of the six-week trial.

'For them to be able to be out and about on a holiday weekend with friends and families who have opinions, who are watching the news, TV's on the background at the pool party, I have serious concerns,' she told Sean Duffy on Fox News.

'If they're left-winging and they're watching MSDNC, as my client calls it, or CNN, they're not going to get fair news.

Alina Habba, who represented Trump in his civil fraud case, warned the jurors in his hush money trial could be infected by relatives with 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' over the long Memorial Day weekend 

Former President Donald Trump is likely to receive a verdict within days on the 34 charges he is facing of falsifying business records after the court returns on Tuesday

'I have worries about them going back to whatever friends might have, Trump derangement syndrome, forgetting all sense of reality and coming back and sitting in that box and saying, you know what, I've got to do, you know, take one for the DNC.

'I want law to fact, because if we can get that, we will win. We will not just get a hung jury. We will get an acquittal.'

The twelve jurors were sworn in on April 22 after three days of wrangling between prosecution and defense lawyers.

The seven men and five women include a corporate lawyer, an investment banker, a software engineer and a teacher.

The jury foreman, when questioned about where he gets his news from, said Dailymail.com, among other outlets.

But one of the female jurors called the ex-president 'selfish' as she was questioned about her opinions in court.

Another said he follows former Trump lawyer and prosecution witness Michael Cohen on social media, as well as Mueller She Wrote, a popular anti-Trump account.

And half of them revealed that they get at least some of their news from the left-leaning New York Times.

Trump has claimed Judge Juan M. Merchan 'can't stand me', and said the trial is a political witch hunt designed to keep him off the campaign trail

Joe Biden was reported to be keenly anticipating a verdict which could see Trump become the first former president ever convicted of a felony, threatening to derail his bid for the White House.

The president has avoided commenting on the case but is expected to make an address at the White House after the verdict is delivered, the WSJ reported.

And his campaign team is planning to start referring to the former president as 'Convicted Felon Donald Trump' in its communications if the verdict is guilty.

The trial stems from a $130,000 alleged 'hush money' payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election

The case, one of four criminal cases facing Trump, centers around the claim he tried to hide a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

It has been branded a political witch hunt by the former president, designed to keep him off the campaign trail.

It is also the only one likely to have come to trial by the time of November's general election.

Judge Merchan, who has repeatedly clashed with Trump's defense team and issued a series of gagging orders on the former president, will deliver his instructions to the jury after both sides have concluded their summing up.

Habba said the instructions serve as the 'road map' for the jury and are the most critical part of the trial.

'Judge Merchan is severely conflicted,' she claimed.

'At this point I have zero confidence that this person, who shouldn't be sitting on the bench right now, will give jury instructions in an appropriate manner without any persuasion towards the prosecution.

'The last resort for this prosecution is this judge.'

The former president received a rapturous reception when he became the first Republican presidential candidate in 40 years to hold a rally in the Bronx, on Thursday

But he could become the first former president ever to be convicted of a felony offence when the New York jury returns its verdict on the 34 charges he is facing  

The former president was given a rousing reception when he became the first Republican presidential candidate in 40 years to hold a rally in the Bronx on Thursday.

And the Sunday Morning Futures host told his guest he was more optimistic than her about the jury.

'I want to tell you what, there's a silver lining in this, Alina,' Duffy said.

'I don't want a juror on Thursday or Friday going into Memorial Day weekend to go, you know what? I got a party going on. I want to end this case early.

'I think it could bode well for President Trump, for those people on the jury who understand the law and the facts to fight for him and fight for justice.'