Judge Threatens to Put Trump Lawyer Alina Habba 'in the Lockup' at E. Jean Carroll Trial

The blockbuster remark came moments before closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll

A federal judge threatened Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba with jail time on Friday, after the former president’s lawyer kept contesting a ruling after it had been issued.

“You are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned. “Sit down.”

The bombshell remark came moments before the start of closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.

guacupado,

Threatened over and over but doesn’t actually do anything. Which is why they keep doing whatever they want.

Quoll_Strife,

This is the final final final final warning, once more and I’ll warn you for good.

Pratai,

Why is that idiot not disbarred?

SpaceCowboy,
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca avatar

The wheels are turning on that, but the wheels turn slowly.

But it’s not because of this. These are just shenanigans and Kaplan doesn’t have patience for shenanigans.

Documents have come to light that she once implied to a former staff member of Trump’s golf course that she was representing her in a sexual harassment (what else?) settlement when she was really representing Trump. That’s a thing lawyers get disbarred for.

uberdroog,
@uberdroog@lemmy.world avatar

I just read that she considers herself a very devout Christian. She has also been divorced and remarried less than a year later. What a garbage person.

pandacoder,

That checks out. Exactly what I’d expect from a devout Christian.

LEDZeppelin,

When you hire your lawyers based on the size of their boobs and not based on the size of their brains

Jagger2097,

I’ve heard it’s not hard to fake being smart

SpaceCowboy,
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca avatar

Kaplan ain’t buying it.

nickhammes,

I suspect he picks them based on the size of their willingness to represent a work for a client famous for not paying people, who has a substantial amount of his assets supervised by courts because he lost a fraud suit, whose attorneys have a habit of pleading guilty to felonies they committed on his behalf or being disbarred, who seems largely incapable of listening to legal advice, or keeping his mouth shut in the name of self-preservation

Nunar,

She’s gunning to be his next wife.

LEDZeppelin,

Fourth Lady of The United States

TheJims,

Fourth hooker

Quoll_Strife,

There’s nothing wrong with sex workers, don’t use it as an insult.

OldWoodFrame,

If we’re going by presidential succession we actually don’t have a Fourth Lady because the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is a woman.

(I know what you’re saying and it’s funny I just wanted to say this)

affiliate,

is it really a threat if there’s no chance it will actually happen?

guacupado,

Exactly.

psycho_driver,

Oh his underlings can definitely take a fall. He’s left a wide swath of them in his wake. I’d be happy if they just disbarred her.

S_204,

She’s good looking and now famous, nothing will happen to her other than a spot on television.

littlebluespark,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Her makeup and outfits are well-applied, but most anyone with a shred of self-respect would chew their arm off if they woke up next to her naked Picasso after a bender.

MadMonkey,

I volu teer as tribute. (jokes I love my current SO vv much)

rustbuckett,

Did he get confused and hire a prostitute as a lawyer?

Telorand,

The sick irony is she’s a managing partner for Habba, Madaio & Associates LLP. Like, somehow she passed the bar, yet doesn’t understand the basics of how to conduct a trial or how to behave with the decorum befitting a lawyer.

Makes one wonder how she passed, vis a vis your prostitute statement…

Nastybutler,

I would say that in many cases that is a difference without a distinction

dutchkimble,

HA!

Daxtron2,

Don’t be such a tease, judge. Do it already!

EatATaco,

Sending her to jail does nothing other than rile up his base and give him grounds to declare bias. I’m glad the judge has a better grasp on this than you do.

Railing5132,

I get it, but there has to be a point where the rule of law isn’t held hostage by “riling up the base”. People get pissed that there’s two justice systems, one for the rich and another for everyone else - so because this rich asshat can throw cannon fodder idiot performative lawyers out to gin up the base, he gets kid gloves?

EatATaco, (edited )

I get it, but there has to be a point where the rule of law isn’t held hostage by “riling up the base"

100% agreed. That point is far beyond a lawyer being annoying in court, imo.

so because this rich asshat can throw cannon fodder idiot performative lawyers out to gin up the base, he gets kid gloves?

Ignoring this is so the punishment given to him is unimpeachable. If she puts his lawyer in jail, it’s easier on appeal to claim bias. It’s the whole point of the move, and it would be bad judgement by the judge to jail her…it’s like grabbing the little fish and thus letting the big one get away.

Daxtron2,

So we just let them continue breaking the law so as to appease fascists? Yeah that’s a terrible idea

EatATaco,

No, it’s the exact opposite. I don’t give a shit if she spends a couple of days in jail for being annoying in court. I want to make sure the rulings against trump, the rapist and insurrectionist, are unimpeachable.

It’s overreacting to petty shit meant to antagonize that is going to let them get away with breaking the actual laws we all actually care about.

politicalincorruption,
@politicalincorruption@lemmy.world avatar

I thought the legally blonde sequels were over. Why is this fall from grace trope playing out?

moistclump,

Don’t insult the legally blonde franchise like that.

politicalincorruption,
@politicalincorruption@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe it’s a spinoff; Illegally Fake Blonde with a low budget actress.

GraniteM,

Or she could be the anti-Elle, who thinks that just because she’s pretty she can get away with being a terrible lawyer, and Elle needs to teach her that impeccable style and grooming may be important, but that being a lawyer is about a whole lot more than knowing which shoes go with which purse.

AngryCommieKender,

She’s not naturally blonde. That’s a bottle. Look at those roots.

nightofmichelinstars,

Tbf legally and naturally are not synonyms.

politicalincorruption,
@politicalincorruption@lemmy.world avatar

She’s a perfect cast character in the Faux World franchise.

RamblingPanda,

Oh god, this is getting better and better.

FenrirIII,
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When will this woman be disbarred? We should start taking bets.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Why was she ever admitted to the bar in the first place when she doesn’t understand basic courtroom etiquette?

Jas91a,

Nah she’s just grandstanding for Trump he will like it

Tedrow,
@Tedrow@lemmy.world avatar

She understands. She is trying to get attention and is desperate.

eran_morad,

Never underestimate the stupidity of a republican.

Tedrow,
@Tedrow@lemmy.world avatar

Why not both?

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I honestly don’t think she does. Why would she risk being thrown in jail for that? She did multiple things that made the judge reprimand her.

0x0,

To perform for the base and lend credence to the “witch hunt” claim.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Or, you know, she’s stupid.

0x0,

Don’t misunderestimate your enemies.

  • George W. Bush
FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I wouldn’t call him smart either.

rifugee,

I think the use of “misunderestimate” already implied that, eh?

NoIWontPickaName,

Yeah that’s why he acted like that. To get people to just think he’s just an old southern fool.

jak,

Yes, the Connecticut-born, Yale-educated southern good old boy was probably not smarter than his Vice President, but he wasn’t anywhere near as dumb as he seemed

NoIWontPickaName,

Don’t forget governor of Texas after all that

Neato,
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She knows the judge has on kid gloves for the trial so as not to give any reason for an appeals court to overturn. So she’s pushing her luck. Also makes get famous for “sticking it to the judge” in Republican circles.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Or, again, she’s stupid.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

hglman,

There is nothing to gain by concluding its stupidity. The Republican party harbors malice; Trump harbors malice. A razor doesn’t supersede evidence.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Do you really think Habba is playing 4-D chess? She’s working for a man who never pays his lawyers.

jak,

So either she’s smart enough to pass the bar and stupid enough not to understand how payment works or she’s not looking for financial compensation.

The bar isn’t that hard, but it’s hard to be that dumb and still pass it.

pearsaltchocolatebar,

That’s because she’s angling for a job with one of the Republican news networks.

She didn’t take the case because she thought she would get paid directly for it.

psycho_driver,

and gets quite a few of them disbarred.

chonglibloodsport,

Rudy Giuliani was a prosecutor and deputy attorney general. He was also well known as “America’s Mayor” after rallying New Yorkers in the wake of 9/11. Yet that didn’t stop him from ruining his own life committing crimes to protect Trump.

It’s really bizarre!

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I agree, but Rudy has never said anything remotely like this-

“Somebody said to me ‘Alina, would you rather be smart or pretty?’ and I said ‘Oh easy, pretty… I can fake being smart’.

the-independent.com/…/alina-habba-trump-lawyer-co…

And I don’t think that statement was part of some sort of complicated 4-D chess to protect trump. The easiest explanation is she’s stupid but pretty and willing to work for free. What more could Trump ask for?

groupofcrows,

She could’ve used makeup and surgery to fake being pretty.

MotoAsh,

Well, we both know she didn’t choose smart.

peopleproblems,

I can fake being smart.

Not well.

lobut,

she can fake being smart to stupid people quite well

psycho_driver,

She’s not wrong. I have someone in my extended family who was a willowy 5’10 very attractive woman with no kids who couldn’t have out-mathed my at the time sixth grader (really, no hyperbole, I was present for real world examples of this happening) who is the CFO of a company in San Diego with a beach front condo.

pearsaltchocolatebar,

Because it really isn’t a risk at this point. She’s been in contempt of court many times already.

DefiantBidet,

Oh, I’m not certain she doesn’t understand. Performative art. She got used to performing in a way her main audience (mango mussolini et al) enjoyed in the no jury case, with state level Judge Engoran - that she thinks she can use the same tricks that make him smile on a federal judge.

To me this is hubris, not ignorance. To be clear there is a fair bit of both, but thus is show work not trial work.

Her inability to properly file evidence is her ignorance. Sass is for show imo.

quindraco,

You don’t need to understand courtroom etiquette to pass a bar exam.

Rapidcreek,

I don’t think they disbar lawyers because they terrible at lawyerng.

slurpeesoforion,

If professional wrestling has taught me anything, it’s that someone has to be the heel.

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