āGlaringly obviousā incompetence on display as judge tells jury to ādisregard everything Ms. Habba just saidā
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 Carrollās testimony, Habba requested an adjournment so that Trump could attend his mother-in-lawās funeral.
āThe application is denied. I will hear no further argument on it. None. Do you understand that word? None. Please sit down,ā Kaplan, a Bill Clinton appointee, told Habba about the motion that he already denied.
Kaplan repeatedly interrupted Habbaās questions, including when she began to read from a document that had not been formally entered into evidence, sending the trial to a recess.
This doesnāt sound like a legal expert, this sounds like gossip and Iām angry to have accidentally read it
I read every bit of the transcript of Habbaās attempts at cross yesterday, and what was described in the article was accurate. It was actually less embarrassing for her than the actual transcripts.
The rest were opinions from other lawyers and experts as to how things went yesterday. Itās pretty common to cite the opinion of experts in order to give context about a subject that the layperson may not be familiar with.
Perhaps you are confusing gossip with opinion? Not sure how one could make that mistake accidentally, bit you never know.
This sounds like gossip because it doesnāt matter legally. And the opinions of experts on whether a jury ālikesā a lawyer is similarly a thing, that if i were an expert, i would hesitate to comment on. Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps this āarticleā deserves the airquotes i just hope you visualized me making
Perhaps you just need to learn what gossip is.