“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.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    1911 months ago

    She can’t fake being pretty, either.

    • Flying Squid
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      3511 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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      911 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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      211 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.