Alina Habba is desperate to prove that there was some reversible error somewhere in the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump case so that she can keep her job. And we mean des.per.ate. Add miserable on top of desperate, and cover it all in despondent sauce and you have the recipe for quite the (just) desserts which Habba is ingesting these days. It’s not easy being Trump’s lawyer. But it’s especially not easy if you happen to be untrained and inexperienced on top of it all. If you can fake being smart, Alina, now is the time to do it.
It all started out with a New York Post story which alleged that because Judge Lewis Kaplan worked at the same large law firm as Roberta Kaplan in the early 1990s that he served as her “mentor” and that constituted a conflict of interest. Judge Kaplan didn’t respond to this idiocy but Robert Kaplan did, through a spokesperson.
“They overlapped for less than two years in the early 1990s at a large law firm when he was a senior partner and she was a junior associate and she never worked for him.”
But Habba thinks that this is her bone to gnaw on and that she can do an appeal on this. Here’s her “reasoning,” in a letter to the judge today:
“… there were many clashes between Your Honor and defense counsel. We believe, and will argue on appeal, that the Court was overtly hostile towards defense counsel and President Trump, and displayed preferential treatment towards Plaintiff’s counsel. Indeed, the rulings, tone, and demeanor of the bench raised significant concerns even before New York Post’s investigative journalism unearthed these new facts.”
Yes, I know, she used the terms “New York Post” and “investigative journalism” in the same sentence. I’m on the floor, too. But that’s where the comedy begins. She then proceeds to lecture Judge Kaplan on the Code of Conduct that he is duty bound to follow. Meidas Touch published a copy of Habba’s letter if you want to read it.
But here’s what’s ridiculous. Habba waived the issue. She waived ALL the freaking issues because she doesn’t know what she’s doing. This is what Tim Parlatore said a few days ago.
Alina Habba is such a bad lawyer she forgot not to italicize and bold the part of the law that wrecks her argumenthttps://t.co/EfgDtsVNHy pic.twitter.com/cuBn3rgnRh
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) January 29, 2024
Also, if you didn't object when you found out that the other attorney was the judge's former law clerk, you waived the issue. pic.twitter.com/v3PMazZNEN
— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) January 29, 2024
This is comical as well.
2/Receipts: Habba talking about the 14th Amendment appeal that is currently before the Supreme Court. https://t.co/gmlAs3lmtg pic.twitter.com/RwJYUODohR
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 30, 2024
In any event, Roberta Kaplan accused Trump and Habba of pushing “a false narrative of judicial bias” and explained, 1. She wanted to quickly respond to Habba’s allegations and more importantly, 2. She might seek sanctions against Habba.
Within hours, Habba tucked her tail between her legs and ran. She submitted another letter backtracking on her accusations. “The purpose of the letter was simply to inquire as to whether there is any merit to a recently published New York Post story which reported on the alleged existence of such a relationship,” she said.
So, you see, Habba wasn’t trying to find a reversible error after all, she was merely trying to fact check the investigative journalism of the New York Post. Aye aye aye aye aye. Pathetic is like stupid. Pathetic is as pathetic does.
Tomorrow is January 31. Let’s see if dear Alina has a job after Judge Arthur Engoron renders a verdict.
Clashes between the judge and a thoroughly incompetent defense attorney. The horror.
If you ever needed perhaps the best example of why this silly twit needs her law license (s) yanked, not knowing that attorneys and judges clash might be it. Someone needs to tell her however that judges and attorneys clash a hell of a lot less when attorneys exhibit a modicum of competence in the courtroom.
I certainly see why the school she received a “law” degree is so silent about her attendance.
Hey Alina…maybe modeling swimsuit wear is in your future…that seems to be your talent…at least until you age out of the profession. The law? Not so much.
Thing is, I look at that pic above and I don’t see pretty in it. I see someone who went down on dingleberry and did not like the taste at all. Pretty tho’? No. So, we have stupid and looking like she did not like the actual taste of dingleberry. Not a good look.
So, not pretty and as we’ve seen, she can’t fake being clever.
A natural MAGA then.
You get what you pay for,Donald. When you choose a lawyer based on her bikini photos instead of legal prowess, you get a bikini model, not Clarence Darrow.
Trump may get away with the “people say” bullshit line of trashing others but unlike Habba he doesn’t have a law license to lose. There are lots of parking lots in NYC in need of lawyers to help them get away with extorting jacked up fees which I think is what Habba used to do. She’s going to need something to fall back on and pretty soon. In the grand scheme of things Habba probably isn’t worth Roberta Kaplan’s time so I doubt there will be a defamation suit filed (Habba publicly used the word “incestuous” yesterday when disccussing the allegations in her letter) but even the threat probably had Habba shakily wobbling on her stripper height high heels!
It might not matter. Judge Kaplan has all manner of legal malpractice he can if he so chooses to present to the NY state bar. Adding a copy of Habba’s letter along with a transcript of her on that podcast with the “incestuous” comment higlilghted is more than a wee bit possible. If as expected Trump fires her after Engoron’s ruling Habba should make one last “It was an honor to serve him” statement about Trump, then STFU and go abroad for a few months. Or out west to some red state and disappear on some GOPer’s spread. And hope she’s quickly forgetten as the primaries continue and Trump’s criminal prosecutions start dominating the news.
I doubt she’s smart enough to do that. Mike Lindell and Rudy G. needs lawyers but they can’t even afford a bad one like her. Back when I lived in the eastern panhandle of WV there was quite the collection of “cultural clubs” (Strip Clubs) within ten miles. I moved away from there in 2014 but I suspect most if not all of them are still there. I can easily see that being her fate. Making the rounds as a stripper in a place like that. Lot’s of MAGA goobers and there are women who are into women who frequent such places!
“(Habba publicly used the word “incestuous” yesterday when discussing the allegations in her letter)”
More projection-ing from these morans.
Meidastouch has both letters. Kaplan’s is the only one that makes any sense. I recommend reading them both. Comparing them is like the difference between any of tRump’s filings in the J6 case and the Special Prosecutor’s responses, i.e., night & day.
The RWNJs are so predictable now with this horseshit that even people who don’t follow this stuff as closely as those of us here do are beginning to see the patterns. I see it in MSM comments, more and more.
That’s a GOOD thing!
I live surrounded by trumpers ::sigh:: I just smile and nod my head as I listen to them. I refuse to get drawn in.
The rub marks on his eyelids suggest he’s having trouble seeing, which could be why he’s been ad-libbing so much at his rallies. He can’t read the teleprompter. If Haley could only bait him into a public debate he’d fail stupendously, and he knows it.