Alina Habba “can’t even do things that you learn in evidence class,” says CNN legal analyst Elie Honig
A former White House attorney for Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s “not surprised” the former president is looking for new representation for his appeal of the defamation trial verdict, calling out Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s management of the case. Trump announced late Tuesday that he was seeking new counsel for his appeal of the $83.3 million verdict in the defamation lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. Habba, who served as Trump’s lead attorney and frequently clashed with the presiding judge throughout the trial, handled the case “in the mafia way,” Ty Cobb told CNN Wednesday, according to HuffPost.
“She’s done his bidding. She’s articulated his political narrative of victimization and unfairness in the judicial system and made some outlandish claims, including the conflict claims,” Cobb continued. "And she lost, so she’s a loser. I’m not surprised that Trump is looking for appellate representation.”
I doubt he will replace her with anyone more competent. He can’t afford anyone good, has a poor track record of picking lawyers, and he’s burned too many bridges without the cash to pay for it.
He’s also stiffed multitudes of his previous service providers and contractors, IIRC.
Trumpworld Lawyers Keep Getting Stiffed on Fees, apparently this is a very common occurrence in Trumpworld. Everyone is stiffing everyone.
Also his idea of “good” is someone who doesn’t contradict him. He wants to run the case his way, and no reasonably intelligent lawyer will ever agree to that as it will make them look like idiots and the case is a sure loss.
You’d have to be paid enough up front to destroy your career. I don’t think he has the money for that.
And a huge rack is a bonus.
Pretty key feature for her predictable career pivot to right wingnut TV legal commentator in 3, 2, 1…
The attorney for the plaintiff even said her entire demeanor changed when trump was out of the room. He wants loyalty, competence optional.
Guess we can assume Alina Habba isn’t “reasonably intelligent” then cause… man, does she look like an idiot.
“Somebody said to me ‘Alina, would you rather be smart or pretty?’ and I said ‘Oh easy, pretty… I can fake being smart’.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alina-habba-trump-lawyer-court-b2481296.html
This really talks to the world view of these people. They are so stupid they think everything is a show put in for other people. They believe everyone is just like them. That’s why they project more than AMC. Their obsession with “virtue signaling” is a perfect example.
At least this lady is self aware. She knows her strength isn’t her legal skills, and she knows she won’t be young forever. So for her taking on a big case and being exposed as incompetent for the whole world might be worth it - it’s unlikely she had much of a legal career to destroy anyway.
She has also inflicted more damage on Trump than any of his opponents have. I respect that.
Well that’s obviously true! Trump’s one of the greatest legal minds ever, so any ordinary lawyer should simply recognise this and follow Trump’s lead. Anything else means you’re a dumb lawyer /s
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That’s kind of a cool idea, but depending on where you are this is illegal and/or unethical as lawyers have a fiduciary duty to represent their client’s best interest.
https://www.stimmel-law.com/en/articles/fiduciary-duty
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The client gets to decide the client’s best interest. If he wants to take the stand, blocking him from doing so would be a violation of fiduciary duty.
I’m waiting for the court appointed attorneys to show up. at least for the criminal trials.
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