“Glaringly obvious” incompetence on display as judge tells jury to “disregard everything Ms. Habba just said”

Trump lawyer Alina Habba struggled through her cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the defamation case against the former president, repeatedly admonished the attorney for running afoul of his court rules and general procedures.

Prior to Carroll’s testimony, Habba requested an adjournment so that Trump could attend his mother-in-law’s funeral.

“The application is denied. I will hear no further argument on it. None. Do you understand that word? None. Please sit down,” Kaplan, a Bill Clinton appointee, told Habba about the motion that he already denied.

Kaplan repeatedly interrupted Habba’s questions, including when she began to read from a document that had not been formally entered into evidence, sending the trial to a recess.

    • Xepher
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      4610 months ago

      “I can fake being smart."

      Please start at any time.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      1910 months ago

      She can’t fake being pretty, either.

      • Flying Squid
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        3510 months ago

        She’s certainly not my idea of attractive, but considering how much she looks like Melania, she is Trump’s idea of attractive.

      • ivanafterall
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        910 months ago

        It’s as if you can actually see her haggard soul just under the inch-thick makeup.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Botox and fillers. Just such a bad idea, it never turns out well, but so many people are convinced it makes them look better.

    • @uranibaba
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      1310 months ago

      Donald Trump’s attorney wants the public to know her good looks are more important than her intelligence, because she can “fake being smart.”

      What a horrible world we live in, if someone feels the need to live like that.

    • @[email protected]
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      710 months ago

      I don’t know if that’s just an unflattering picture, but she… just no. Her head is so small she looks like she has microencephalitis from that angle. But granting that it’s probably just an unfortunate camera angle, she is still looking very mid. I wouldn’t look twice at her.

      • @Riccosuave
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        I have an ASUS ROG laptop. Are you saying I’m not pretty 😥

        • @Geek_King
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          910 months ago

          No, you’re Rico Suave, you’re handsome 😉