Trump’s Worst Lawyer Costs Him Millions (Carroll v. Trump)

[@LegalEagle]

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[@ItsJaySilva]

Calling it, a week 😂

[@MitchellTF]

He hasn't already?

[@atomskate4882]

trump rly playing hard mode on the first playthrough

[@davea6314]

It's happened yet again! Trump for PRISON 2024!!!!

[@margaretwordnerd5210]

@@ItsJaySilva that's my guess. He can't help himself, as the judge noted. ✌🖖

[@pridelander06]

"I can fake being smart." "Oh honey, no. You can't fake it." Sums it up quite well.

[@TheMisterGriswold]

"I can fake being smart." Only dumb people say that.

[@originalhgc]

DJT also thinks he can fake being smart. It's not going so great for him either.

[@ChrispyNut]

That was so brutal. I roared!

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

Something only a person who isn't smart would say. I forget where I heard it, but its true. You can't tell how much more intelligent someone is than you, but you certainly can tell how much LESS intelligent someone is.

[@potayto-potahto881]

She has also tried and failed at faking being pretty

[@Giraffinator]

"My advice to you is you never disclose that you were on this jury" that sounds like it should be a terrifying thing to hear from a judge.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I don't blame him for saying it too. The cultists seem capable of anything

[@ryanrehfuss]

Fascism is marked by obsessive preoccupation with victimhood, in which committed nationalist militants work in collaboration with traditional elites, abandon democratic liberties and pursue goals with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints. - Robert Paxton, heavily paraphrased

[@vivalapita8484]

Add on the fact that we KNOW someone in the crowd was filming the jury's faces. His rabid base will not let Joe Schmoe salt of the earth kinda guy make tRUMP face consequences.

[@edwardallenthree]

It makes sense that the judge said this, however, it's upside f****** down. The judge should be holding the defendant accountable for the threat he poses, not warning the jurors to limit their speech and their first amendment rights to participate in public life.

[@DrDipsh1t]

​@@edwardallenthreeit's not violating free speech... It preventing zealots from attacking them. Free speech only prevents the govt from attacking you, not private citizens...

[@KaiserHitoshi]

The absolute GALL to tell a judge, "I don't like being spoken to like that" while your client is actively on trial for damages due to defamation is astounding.

[@Shenaldrac]

Karens don't have any self awareness.

[@miapdx503]

Trump and his circle are so arrogant, they really do believe that they are the elite, above all other citizens and not subject to things like laws, rules, boundaries and decency. They deceive themselves. How many prison sentences and multi-,million dollar judgements will it take to strip them of their ignorance? Let's see...pass the popcorn. 😏🍿🍿🍿

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

@Kaiser - it's like saying "I don't like being punched" whilst defending someone who's been found guilty of punching. It's fine.

[@Shenaldrac]

@@alwaysdisputin9930 It's worse. It's like saying "I don't like being punched" when you're a *boxer.* It's what you signed up for, if you don't like it you shouldn't have chosen this job.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

​@@ShenaldracBoxers don't like being punched. Your logic is lawyers should be prepared to take a few hits in the courtroom. This is true but it's not what we're talking about. Trump's been found to have said defamatory, disrespectful things. Hubba said she doesn't like being talked to in a disrespectful way @Kaiser said it's audacious of her to complain of the same thing that her client's been found to have done. @Kaisers basically thinks Trump & Hubba are the same person. I'm saying it's fine to complain of the very thing that her client's been found to have done.

[@ConsciousAtoms]

There's one remark from judge Kaplan that did not make it into the video and that I really like: "Ms. Habba, when I make a ruling that's not the start of an argument. It is the end of the argument".

[@ngotemna8875]

Damn that judge is cold as ice!

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

District Judge Kaplan also lied that finger penetration is rape, in modern commonplace language

[@paulgibbon5991]

As they used to say on the internet: Pwned.

[@XXMatt0040XX]

@@paulgibbon5991 Reading that gave me some whiplash... And now I'm remembering when the first channels began hitting 1 million subs... Oh wow I'm getting old...

[@filifilms]

never seen a lawyer fight the judge instead of the plaintiff, interesting tactic I wonder why more lawyers don't try to do this

[@Me__Myself__and__I]

For clarity and to confirm just how very, very, VERY BASIC these rules of evidence are. I was on the mock trial team in high school. That's where you pretend to be a lawyer and argue fake cases in front of a fake judge. They have teams and competitions. Even in MOCK TRIAL these same rules of evidence exist and are required to be followed. They taught us this and I knew this in high school -as a non-lawyer and I marked my fake evidence documents and followed these same rules during our mock trials in high school. Seriously. She is supposedly a professional bar certified lawyer and she doesn't even know what a bunch of non-professional non-certified high schoolers know. She is so stupid it would be seriously embarrassing, if she was smart enough to be embarrass-able.

[@pacmonster066]

Pretty sure the bar she was certified under served liquor, not law

[@OrigamiMarie]

Yeah, he is really underselling it, saying that the "lawyer" should make sure to know this judge's rules. I'm guessing you would have a hard time finding a judge in the US who doesn't require these rules.

[@Living_Life242]

Phoenix Wright talks about properly submitting evidence in the Rise from the Ashes trial. And that is a game series where ghosts, animals and a radio are cross examined, “Herlock Sholmes” can communicate across the world with hologram technology, a prosecutor repeatedly whips people in the middle of court and people constantly shoot bursts of wind from their fingers that can cause a man to go bald. And still, a kid who has played this dramatized set of video games would know how trial law works better than Habba does.

[@babaguy04]

​@@Living_Life242 Even in ace attorney rules are more or less followed lol

[@elaexplorer]

I do like that high schoolers was autocorrected to high schooners, and it fits that even high boaters know what's what.

[@spikeslice445]

I’m a high school student who wants to become a lawyer in the future. Sometimes I doubt if I’ll be able to make it through law school, but then I see Trump’s lawyers and they reassure me that I’ll be perfectly fine.

[@ShadowMoon878]

You can either be a corporate lawyer and just take it easy, or be a civil litigation lawyer and make a fool of other lawyers. Just don't take up criminal law or you may be appointed by judges to be a public defender for criminal scum.

[@cmdraftbrn]

@@ShadowMoon878 with a career in plea bargaining just to get out from under all the bloody paperwork

[@biggiouschinnus7489]

@@ShadowMoon878 Or, alternatively, you may be crushingly depressed by just how corrupt some DAs are.

[@dangerousdays2052]

@@ShadowMoon878 Innocent unless proven guilty. Grow up.

[@sv2697]

😂😂😂😂 u will do fine

[@yorktown99]

I do recall. when I was in high school, being involved in a mock trial for an class. At one point, a witness was being examined by our side, followed by the cross-examination. It was a tough cross, and I could see what the other side was setting up, but they stopped short of a "killer blow". When they finished, our team quickly had to figure out what questions to ask to reinforce our case and counter the cross. Seeing an opportunity, I stood up and said, "No further questions at this time." The opposing side was a bit taken aback: they had expected us to try another round of testimony, granting them a chance to follow up with another cross-examination, this time to really solidify their case. But now, with the witness dismissed, we were on to another witness of our choosing. Sometimes the best move is to move on.

[@alisonwilson9749]

Or 'be still and let time pass' (Queen Elizabeth I, in fifteen-hundred-and-something-or-other. She was pretty smart, politically speaking).

[@AlasKenn1]

Probably why "As your lawyer I am telling you to KEEP POSTING THIS SH*T!" is such a meme. Take the L and leave or apparently pay 83 million.

[@NickiRusin]

wow that's pretty smart, you have to have a good understanding of the flow and process of the trial to pull that off!

[@Moosetick2002]

You may have been a better high school lawyer than the law school lawyer Trump had.

[@davidjennings2179]

Kinda sickening when you really think about it. Basically the other side had some element of truth to reveal but to keep the jury in the dark about it a lawyer can just pull the plug on questions so that the jury only has part of the picture. Obviously a lawyer's job is to win, not to uphold any morals...just things like this make it all too apparent.

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

As someone who spents a chunk of their work day in courtrooms, hearing a lawyer say "I don't appreciate being spoken to that way, your honour" is an astonishingly brazen thing to say. Like, dude, you are NOT on equal footing. You're not talking to your partner, or even your child. You do *not* scold a judge. Hell, you don't scold *any* court staff, because judges tend to be pretty protective of anyone not actively involved in the case.

[@paulgibbon5991]

It's all about the narrative and throwing meat to the maggats.

[@willlicks8584]

exactly. no matter how rude, corrupt, or dishonest a judge may be acting towards you. when they say jump, you say "how high, your honor?" Or. rather, when they say sit, you sit. I get how court works, and the proper decorum, but im not going to lie....I would not mind seeing a judge get shut down for once in my life. they're so often so astonishingly arrogant, and there's nothing you can do about it, because as you said, you're not on equal footing. Personally, I just don't think that gives them the right to talk to anyone, anyway that they want. Telling you to sit down like a child. neither my boss nor my mother talks to me like that, but Im supposed to respect a judge? how about the judge have some respect. oh, that's right. they don't have to

[@Political_Brainrot_Auditor]

Yeah, what a great system where you have to kiss the feet of the person judging you. Either way, doesn't matter. He's winning in November. You all know it. Enjoy these small copes while you can.

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

@@Political_Brainrot_Auditor I fully expect him to win. There are too many gullible rightwingers and identity politics-driven "anti-wokers" to guarantee the better outcome.

[@waxknucklebearingjuice5592]

And yet , she has yet to be sanctioned or more appropriately , held in contempt.

[@originalhgc]

I'm no lawyer, but I imagine that a lawyer not knowing how to get evidence introduced is analogous to a gas station attendant not knowing where or what the gas pumps are.

[@bullpup1337]

haha yeah just a bit more embarrassing since at the gas station you dont have 150 million americans hearing about it afterwards

[@Yodah97]

It's kinda worse. Imagine that gas attendant confidently pulling a hose to pump water into the cars. Because it's not just that she didn't know, she thought she did, and was competly wrong. Like in this analogy, she managed to get a few drops of water into the tank before the judge stopped her. And she kept reaching for water instead of fuel for the remainder of the work week.

[@minhduong1484]

Also add to that analogy, this gas station attendant still not knowing about the gas pumps after repeatedly being instructed about them. For several days.

[@Dommifax]

​@@Yodah97damn I love this one

[@rubidot]

Are you pouring water into the tank? That's water. You can't run a car on w... No, don't switch to Gatorade!

[@Broadsword999]

The point where the Judge told her to sit down and she said "I don't like to be talked to like that", I thought she was going to go full Karen and demand to see his manager.

[@marianakiselova6913]

Good one!

[@maybedrinkin3241]

That one cracked me up. I'm not a lawyer, but I do know Judges do not respond favorably to being reprimanded by Counsel in their own court room. She's been hangin' around Trump too much.

[@kratangg-arang]

What is a judge but the manager of the court, after all

[@Techydad]

I'm not a lawyer, but even I know you don't talk back to a judge that way. When someone can decide that being rude to them means that you go to jail, then you don't act rude to them!

[@Rkcuddles]

Keep putting her in courtrooms, won’t be long before we get full Karen out of her.

[@omgnowairly]

She started and ended her jury statements with “he made her famous so he’s allowed to do it”. What a broken person.

[@miapdx503]

Incredible, these people are so divorced from reality it's mind blowing. They live in their world, where they are royalty (in their minds) and not subject to laws, or boundaries, or decency.

[@MitchellTF]

That's because until rather recently, they weren't subject to laws, boundaries, or decency. @@miapdx503

[@FIRING_BLIND]

What a broken lawyer! That's not a valid defense at all! Do we think she did this so he can appeal and claim inefficient counsel?

[@MrFlarespeed]

​@@FIRING_BLIND Nah, we know all the half decent lawyers have been fleeing trumps side for years now, he probably only had terrible and corrupt ones left, and the corrupt ones keep getting into legal trouble themselves.

[@ImRanchWilder]

​@@FIRING_BLINDhmm, interesting. The long con

[@Vanillastump]

“Loyalty in Trump world.” That guy is stupid. The last 7 years should have told you what “loyalty in Trump world” is worth. Getting arrested so he doesn’t.

[@originofsky]

I just thought it was also a very stupid thing to claim was "loyal". Wouldn't true loyalty be not taking pictures with his only trial lawyer, while she is actively lying to the court, about a case that could bankrupt Trump???? He must not have known a damn thing about the case if he somehow thought posting that picture would have been accepted. To be fair, Habba is also an idiot for even posing for that picture. But it's very funny to me that this guy evidently didn't know a thing about the proceedings.

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

@@originofsky Well the idiocy in the Trump camp trickles from the top down: as is the leader, so are his representatives and supporters.

[@lebaznz]

I love, love, LOVE how her response to the judge stating the facts were established was saying "It is established by a jury". Like, honey, that's exactly how things get established. The jury issued a verdict and so that's legal fact now. Congratulations on passing law 101.

[@sovereignwinter]

People lie all the time to get on a jury? So a good chance at least 1 lied which could have swayed the case, IE 12 angry men style.

[@KTPurdy]

Yes, how ironic it is for a lawyer to mock a jury verdict. I've never seen that before.

[@javaguru7141]

When they have no respect for science or any kind of rigorous analysis, it's unfortunately unsurprising. They'll attack anything inconvenient to them, no matter how credible that thing is.

[@jamesmartin8005]

It actually wasnt issued by a jury in the original trial. Because Habba forget to ask for a Jury trial (another amateur mistake), so it was tried by the Judge. If im gettng my facts correct. Their are so many of these cases it can be hard to keep track sometime.

[@Pila426]

​@@jamesmartin8005 You're thinking of the New York fraud trial.

[@justsomeguy6474]

Alina is a great lawyer, she could get a moving violation reduced to manslaughter.

[@adamcravets5408]

Thank you for this. 😂😂

[@CaptainPikeachu]

I mean it does take one hell of a skill

[@kurgo_]

You absolutely killed me right there, though not as hard as Habba's killed her career

[@sedalionthunder6295]

Oh gosh 😅

[@DrWeird]

Absolutely the best comment I have seen on this video yet!

[@namenotfound8747]

Turning 5 million into 83.3 million is what you call, The Art of the Deal.

[@joshuaizly5502]

That was straight from the third chapter of The Art Of The Deal.

[@fryingpanem]

"I flipped a brick into a whole empire" gone wrong.

[@yochp9693]

Grabbed him by the wallet. 😂

[@aa-ig3ng]

i would wager that it is intentional. it makes trump a bigger victim than the original judgement. 85 mill is nothing for a billionaire that people make donations to.

[@tomburress4928]

Doesn’t he technically owe 88.3 million after both?

[@rolfdenver]

I’m a retired trial lawyer and everything LegalEagle says here is absolutely correct. Marking exhibits, getting evidence properly admitted, preserving bases for appeal - and of course being candid to the court: these are all basic things that any courtroom lawyer should know how to do. Based on these reports Ms. Habba appears to have been shockingly incompetent in this trial.

[@simmerke1111]

A bad transactional lawyer pretending to be a trial lawyer is quite something...

[@ertymexx]

But she looks good, Trump thinks. 🤣

[@axilleas]

Hell, I’ve only been to court as a witness (union related) but even I know these things

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

I think she learned to be a trial lawyer from the prestigious halls of Law&Order, just off of what she's missing from the trial process lol

[@LC05]

​@bobthegamingtaco6073 I would actually doubt this because even in Law & Order, exhibits are marked and there are so many examples of lawyers getting reemed for making statements instead of asking questions.

[@penguinista]

Judges don't normally tell juries to stay quiet about being on a trial, unless it is a mob or gang case.

[@HylianFox3]

Yeah, that alone tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Trump and his cult.

[@Misc003]

It’s actually a transnational organization Cabal masquerading a party.

[@johndododoe1411]

Even before running for office, DJT was rumored (wrongly, probably) of being involved with the mob .

[@Vesperitis]

“I can fake being smart.” Only someone who isn’t smart would say that.

[@andywellsglobaldomination]

It's a clear Dunning-Kruger indicator! ;-)

[@falten2]

The same with trump and his self praise about being a genius. If you have to tell people you are a genius, odds are you're not.

[@atzuras]

These are the right cues to lure the right people. I mean you can not storm the Capitol or seize the presidency with smart people, you need the others. The game is at this level now.

[@GweiTheLeafChild]

What's the opposite of a dog whistle?...

[@kristianjensen5877]

@@GweiTheLeafChild A cat trumpet?

[@coolocelot]

I cant believe she tried to say "youre a liar and a pathetic old hag" in court and got mad that the judge didnt let her say it. Wow

[@HylianFox3]

Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.

[@rnegoro1]

She's a lawyer?

[@NoriMori1992]

That's not quite what was going on. She was quoting something. She wasn't allowed to say it because it wasn't admitted as evidence; not because the quote was insulting.

[@coolocelot]

@@NoriMori1992 I do understand and in other channels breakdown this case I've heard about how she very clearly did not know or follow the rules of evidence. What I didn't know she was also doing so in such a way as to insult the woman he is on trial for defaming, to her face, in front of the court. Its literally adding insult to injury.

[@arjaygee]

She's a Karen.

[@laurenmp7486]

She actually tried "I object" "Overruled" "I strenuously object" in an actual court.

[@bman5257]

I triple dog dare you to not overrule my next objection.

[@halicusdiaarcan102]

​@@bman5257 Now this made me laugh

[@TruthNerds]

strenuously dumb

[@Kalepsis]

This was one of the most hilarious episodes ever. But, just imagine trump suing his own lawyer, and hiring someone even worse to do it. Jiuliani v. Habba would be nonstop laughter.

[@Redfoot138]

It was straight out of his "Lawyer reacts to "insert Hollywood film/TV show" and more humorous because Alina seems way more incompetent than any hack I've seen in "whacky lawyer comedy".

[@CoronaMage]

Considering Trumps penchant for prioritizing loyalty above competence, I think we'll have plenty more laughs in store in the future.

[@wnose]

This time Giuliani is gonna get a $10M deposit.

[@markwilliams2620]

Train wreck vs. Dodge 'Em cars vs. A clown carrivan.

[@North_West1]

Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.

[@8523wsxc]

It's so funny that she is asked whether she'd rather be smart or pretty, and she gives a really dumb answer.

[@bullpup1337]

she is a perfect example of a typical trump supporter.

[@breveth]

"It's better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Pretty much sums up everyone in DJT's orbit.

[@SueDoyle-s5x]

And she had clearly practiced that comment... It wasn't a spontaneous response to a question.

[@maybedrinkin3241]

@@breveth Lmao. I mean, you'd kind of have to be a fool to enter his orbit in the first place. It's like everything around him just turns to ..... well...something unpleasant.

[@leewilson5151]

The irony

[@xs10shul]

Big Mistake hiring a lawyer from the firm of Dunning, Kruger, and Habba.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Friendly reminder that all human beings are susceptible to the Dunning-Kruger effect regardless of actual intelligence. If you think you're above the Dunning-Kruger effect, you've already fallen prey to the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@enricogattone432]

This comment is criminally underappreciated 😂

[@Uncle_Smidge]

​@@enricogattone432Badum-tisssss 🤭

[@TheBoogerJames]

I assume their offices are located in Lake Wobegon.

[@daiakunin]

He probably should've hired the law firm of Dewey, Cheatam, and Howe.

[@Estarile]

I actually want to thank her. She's showed me law school can't possibly be that hard.

[@sallyatticum]

Her law school, Widener University Commonwealth Law School, is ranked at No. 159....

[@shadowldrago]

@@sallyatticum Out of how many?

[@MrKitty2015]

Not if you spend most of your time on your knees . . . . . and she wasn't praying.

[@nullplan01]

@@sallyatticum What do you call the guy who graduated from the worst medical school bottom of his class? Doctor.

[@sallyatticum]

@@nullplan01 How does that relate to the OP and my response to it? (That person still has to do residencies and board licensing exams. So, they may never be called "Doctor." And they may be just as bad at doctoring as Alina Habba is at lawyering.)

[@glenm99]

A friend of mine once got very stoned at work and drove a piece of machinery into an open excavation, destroying the machine, the water and sewer pipes, and an electrical transformer and cables. This delayed the opening of a large shopping mall by several months. When he was fired, his employer said that his negligence caused about $2 million in damages and lost revenues. Yet... that's about 1/40th the incompetence of the high-priced lawyer of a ludicrously influential millionaire. (Possibly former millionaire, by the time you read this.) I'm not saying that Habba should've just smoked some drugs each day and sat in the courtroom quietly, staring at her hands, but... results are results.

[@mnxs]

Lol. In fairness though, I think the total losses incurred by your friend's, eh, mishap was likely larger than $2m, because I think the lost revenue of a couple of months' operation of an entire shopping mall is bigger than that. So probably only referred to the construction company's lost revenue itself.

[@deathsyth8888]

Only a great businessman can take an initial $5 million settlement into a $83 million settlement. Impressive!

[@chazzerous]

The Art of the Deal

[@joemorgan6675]

88.3 million now. The 83 was on top of that.

[@jp1041041]

The Art of the Plea Deal

[@jekw23]

He’s the best at it. Better than anyone else in history

[@Daybreak81523]

Huge.

[@NoriMori1992]

14:44 I love how she uses "established by a jury" as some kind of insinuation that it wasn't _really_ established, as if juries aren't the _standard way to establish legal matters that go to trial._ What, in her mind, is the more rigorous way to establish a legal matter? Does she want a bench trial instead? Edit: I thought of another interpretation… Maybe she thinks that because a jury established it, this new jury can disestablish it? Even though that's not what this trial is about? That sounds nuts, but considering all the other basic shit she can't seem to grasp…

[@7rollythingsgames395]

They're a matched pair: she clearly has contempt for the law, despite practicing it; and Trump clearly has contempt for the Federal government, despite wanting to be president. They'll be married by summer!

[@JohnWelsh-oz3jz]

Yeah, I was just extremely confused by that comment. Like, Ms. Habba, what exactly is your point?

[@sovereignwinter]

to be fair, people have lied to get on a jury to deliver justice so it does hold some merit.

[@critormiss6084]

​@@sovereignwinterThat makes no sense.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@sovereignwinter calling into question the entire jury selection process isn't very useful

[@benanderson89]

The way she tried to present evidence (the "old hag" document) out of the blue reads like a line from Ace Attorney when you're cross examining Wendy Oldbag. You could honestly slot that whole conversation into the game and you wouldn't notice a difference.

[@etuanno]

Objection!

[@Tink00]

I can't wait for the Ace Artorney fan edit of this case 😂

[@thomaschung1781]

Reminds me of that instance where Edgeworth presents an updated autopsy report, written the day before the trial, that nobody even knew existed, and everyone plays along with it. Like, how do you even satirize this shit?

[@oregonsenior4204]

"my compass told me my time there was done" - Joe Tacopina Do the classes you take for a law degree include "How to neutrally phrase your exit from a defendant's legal team when the real reason is he is dishonest and you're going to get hurt by the shrapnel if you stay" ?

[@emilyrln]

It might be less that he's dishonest and more that he can't keep his damn mouth shut 😂

[@rwg6357]

The true hallmark of a professional

[@Traul1983]

I like that he does not specify which compass he is talking about

[@benhobson3084]

I suspect he may have work shopped that response before going on air

[@yhnujmik987]

​@@Traul1983I definitely noticed the absence of 'moral' before compass

[@cynthiabrent6479]

Agreed with "you can't fake it." To quote Judge Judy: "beauty fades DUMB IS FOREVER!!!"

[@chrisschack9716]

Reminds me of a sarcastic little ditty. "Beautiful is for now ... STUPID IS FOREVER!"

[@HeatherSealey]

​@aesop1451 You spelled that wrong. It's "Judy". Education is in shambles these days, and it's sad to see such high illiteracy. 😢

[@aesop1451]

@@HeatherSealey No, it makes perfect sense. Trump is a 6 foot blond hair blue eyed descendant of Germans and Scots.

[@ZombieZebra3]

If a judge told me to shut up and sit down, I think I would want to melt into a puddle and evaporate away.

[@pr0xZen]

That's probably because the words _"humility"_ and _"shame"_ are not complete gibberish to you.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Especially if I were a lawyer! The humiliation would be at "please Earth, open a hole and swallow me up!" levels.

[@wolvie1618]

I mean if you're the kind of person that a judge has to tell to sit down and shut up, then you probably don't have any sense of embarrassment in the first place

[@OctoberRaven]

"Trump may be smart enough to identify a whale" Objection, speculation.

[@kibawhitefang7176]

😂😂😂 haha you’re funny

[@Mercurio-Morat-Goes-Bughunting]

🤣Nailed it!🤣

[@russelllahy8879]

Sustained 🤣🤣🤣👨‍⚖

[@scottholder4431]

I don't think he could tell the difference between a whale and a wail.

[@MultiChrisjb]

hearsay

[@ax14pz107]

Jeez the judge was handling Habba with kid gloves and she still claimed she was being railroaded.

[@miapdx503]

Karens do not make good professionals.

[@Mayflower-Yev]

⁠@@miapdx503 Karens do not make good period.

[@dlj2443]

I wonder where she gets that from... not allowing being treated better than pretty much every other living American to stop you from complaining about injustice.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

18:00 - The flaw in the Supreme Court's reasoning there is that punitive damages aren't determined by the amount of money the defendant needs to give the plaintiff to compensate them for the harm suffered; they're determined by the amount of money you need to fine the defendant to deter them from doing it again. Requiring punitive damages to be proportionate to compensatory damages would defeat the whole purpose of punitive damages, which is (as the name suggests) to punish the offender, rather than to compensate the victim.

[@BlazeBuds]

I think its Sweden, but even a speeding fine is different for everyone, for people like us it would be maybe $200, people like Trump is would be $200 000, a $200 fine won't deter a billionaire but 200k might

[@joshuaa7266]

​@BlazeBuds If that's done right it makes more sense than a flat fine, with a flat fine we have to choose between a fine that obliterates a less fortunate person's savings or pocket change for the rich.

[@southernfriedwestcoaster]

​@@BlazeBudsI think that's a lot better system

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

The supreme court wasn’t applying logic, they were applying politics. They had gotten a lot of “gifts” from rich people that they never declared, any wonder they made decisions like that?

[@HylianFox3]

@@BlazeBuds Exactly, the problem with fines in the US is they're a major blow to ordinary people but barely register as a slap on the wrist for rich folks. They need to pay more.

[@cloud9847]

that kid, Dillion, had apparently been supporting trump for years and had (as he says) door knocked 6,000 individual homes in trumps name...and just wanted a selfy with trumps lawyer and had no idea not to post it. So they kicked him out and blacklisted him. That's how they treat their core support. You pay for their mistakes. Let Dillion be a lesson and hopefully if you're reading this and trump supporter...learn from Dillion.

[@kingMT514]

He won’t because he’s “plead his loyalty” to Trump. How sad…

[@Toonrick12]

Trump supporters learning? Nice joke.

[@Techydad]

​@@Toonrick12Yeah, they never seem to learn. Trump loves them for just as long as they are useful to him. The second they aren't - or especially if they are a liability - Trump dumps them under the bus. And then the next ones come up so sure that Trump *really* loves them and would *never* do to them what he's done to everyone that came before!

[@Ahtaht227]

Being treated horribly by trump is apart of it. That’s why it’s a cult.

[@ccoder4953]

I love the reference to the him graduating to the Leopard party. That's basically what the Republican party has turned into. Also r/leopardsatemyface is full of other examples (I suspect Devin must be subscribed there).

[@greenredblue]

"I don't like being talked to in that manner!" *"That makes two of us, which is exactly why this conversation is over. Sit down."*

[@001sander2]

"A better lawyer is worth at least $78 million dollars." Quote of the week🤣

[@username7763]

If that is true, it isn't justice. Trump is hardly a sympathetic figure, but that is an incredible amount of money.

[@001sander2]

@@username7763 an incredible amount of money for an incredibly incompetent lawyer. Hobba didn't even bring in an expert to testify 😳

[@Zoroaster4]

​@@username7763well when you don't pay your lawyers and you insist on them furthering your political cult rather than actually defending you that's what happens. Trump would have been way better off calling any Joe Shmo lawyer in NY, but he wanted someone who would do what he says and not someone to properly defend him.

[@HeatherSealey]

​@@username7763 The amount should ABSOLUTELY be proportional to a persons net worth. He isn't going to give a shit for any amount that would actually make the average person think twice about doing that crap again. He needs to actually feel it.

[@tin-n-tan]

@@username7763 Alina, is that you?

[@ecbrown6151]

She thought that speaking forcefully and annoying the judge was a substitute for legal acumen. She was wrong.

[@alohadave]

"I strenuously object!"

[@North_West1]

Don’t hire a parking lot corporate lawyer to led your defamation lawsuit.

[@Scudboy17]

You can't just act like a Karen in court and expect things to go your way. She literally should have known better.

[@isaacgleeth3609]

It's bad enough she tried it with any judge. It's one of the worst things to try on a federal judge.

[@lizabethhampton4537]

As they say, "If you have the facts, pound the facts. If you have the law, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table."

[@helicopterharry5101]

Yes, we do live in a country where a former president on trial for SA basically told the judge: "I know you are, but what am i?" And stormed out like a 5 year old.

[@Akimbo411]

He was on trial for hurting a woman’s reputation after she made a false SA claim against him

[@izak5356]

​@@Akimbo411The facts are that Trump was found to have committed sexual assault in a civil trial. Your feelings are essentially "nuh uh, impossible, I refuse to consider any facts that go against my feelings." As dishonest grifter Ben Shapiro once said, "facts don't care about your feelings." Weird how conservatives so often conveniently ignore facts when they challenge something they feel strongly about, like you're doing right now.

[@davescott7680]

​​​@@Akimbo411I think Trump's an awful human being. And I wouldn't be surprised if he did do it. But it feels like something thats generally quite hard to explicitly prove. But I do find it a bit odd that he can't say she's lying, even after court ruled in her favour in first case. (Unless there's way more stuff he's said that I've not heard about). It's not like convicted murders don't all say they're innocent. If I try and give Trump the benefit of the doubt. If I falsely accused I would be pissed off and certainly complain about them. The fine does seem ludicrously high. It does feel having such an absolutely terrible lawyer has managed to make the outcome just way worse. I'd genuinely be surprised if Trump didn't sue her or try and claim under some appeal that he had incompetent representation.

[@squiddler7731]

​@@Akimbo411 Did you literally just come here to start fights in the comments? Like bro why did you even click on this video lmao

[@asuraspath2262]

​@@Akimbo411 Wrong, he was on trial for calling a woman ugly. Simple.

[@saryekad]

As a Brit who's been following the story of Donald Trump with equal amounts of horror and desperate amusement as those of Boris Johnson and the related abysmal failures of Prime Ministers over here, your explanations of the legal side of the issues involved have been a wonderful source of easily understandable background for someone who has *no* prior knowledge of US legislation. If you'll pardon the anglicism: you, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!

[@tomriley5790]

I feel that t Boris was our attempt to match Trump, we clearly failled - fortunately!

[@ryan1000011]

I mean US law is very different than UK law even in the processes but there is still links you can draw I guess

[@marc21256]

Admitting documents into evidence is year 1 law school. The "intro" classes covered basic "why does law exist" and "what does a trial look like" in basic terms, and the readings included things like admitting documents into evidence. Not the particular way for any particular jurisdiction, but that there is a process everywhere, and they are at least vaguely similar. Mark an exhibit. Provide at least 2 copies to the court (one to the judge, one to the opposition). Then get the exhibit entered into evidence (through foundation and the like mentioned directly). These basic steps should be known by anyone who went through law school. Either her JD from Widener University Commonwealth Law School didn't cover it, or she doesn't remember anything (or both).

[@DCL26]

The basics of submitting evidence and marked as exhibits are taught in paralegal school too. Very basic rules of conduct in courts of law. So much for HaBa HaBa HaBa 😂

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Hell, you don't even need law school for that. Literally the first week of Business 201 (Business Law) covers the rules of evidence.

[@Nerdthatdreamsofelectricsheep]

Or watching lawyers and order

[@jerithil]

This is an excellent example of what would happen in real life if a lawyer tried to act like they do in many legal dramas on TV.

[@FrelanceEQ]

I've yet to see a fictional lawyer written to be this abjectly incompetent. Literal birds - not like anthropomorphic bird people - actual 11oz, grey feathers, etc, pigeons - more competent.

[@klisterklister2367]

​@@FrelanceEQis this when i mention that theres a video game called aviary attorney where you are playing as a pigeon lawyer?

[@jenniferstine8567]

I used to watch Ally McBeal. Even as a kid I wondered how these people manage to keep their job. I'll give the guy with Tourettes a pass. The main character has hallucinations of a dancing baby. It's so prevalent that she wasn't sure if an actual baby was real. There's a lot of issues with the people in the law firm. At least they are fairly stable in a court room. I'm willing to admit to being sarcastic and an occasional ***hole. Fortunately, I know when not to be. It's really a bad idea to mouth off to a judge. That should be innate logic to a lawyer. It's obvious that "stop talking" doesn't register with Trump. You can sew his lips together, and he'll still manage to talk. There's no way he'll learn to stop. Draining his assets will make him talk more. Really the only way he'd stop is if he's stranded on a deserted island with no means to contact the outside world.

[@JessieTrinket]

​@@FrelanceEQ Winston Payne _might_ fit the bill, but only maybe. 😆

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

Ace Attorney could do a better job i wager.

[@noxfelis5333]

"I can fake being smart." My word of advice, when you try to fool someone, make sure that the one you are fooling is not yourself.

[@julianemery718]

Yeah, when you're in a position that requires critical thinking for extended periods of time that can be the difference between ruining someone and saving someone, the last phrase you want to utter is "I can fake being smart"

[@ertymexx]

The only one you can fool is yourself, or someone dumber than you.

[@douglasboyle6544]

*sure ;)

[@miapdx503]

Fake it til you make it...she'll never make it. 😒

[@ertymexx]

@@miapdx503 I suppose it depends on your criteria... she DID make it in the sense that she became famous and got to lawyer Donald Trump, one of the most famous (or infamous) persons on the planet. Of course it all went downhill from there, but she got those 15 minutes at least? 😛

[@Mandy-dy7nj]

I love that Trump's off the cuff insults are nearly always "and so are you". What a prime example of his mental acuity /sarcasm.

[@WyvernYT]

Remember in the debates when Clinton said the president shouldn't be a puppet for Putin? He butted in with, "Not a puppet, not a puppet, you're the puppet."

[@kubaGR8]

The far-right only ever has two arguments: "The left does it too, but worse!" and playing the victim.

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

And somehow he still won. This guy just does nothing but flaunt his absolute lack of character, utter idiocy and his sub-HS maturity level left and right and somehow it's been all viewed as charisma and a refreshing change worthy of a following large enough to get him elected into office and now have him running for a 3rd time? Where's that as-big-as-the-biggest-state-in-the-us-sized steroid, again? 🤔

[@ZesPak]

​@@WyvernYTI've heard him use the "no, you are" argument on several occasions.

[@rose_and_thorns]

"I can fake being smart." Okay, well, you can start any time now, babe.

[@emilyrln]

"I had to follow my compass, and that needle was pointing straight at GTFO." 😂

[@BakingBadOBX]

apparently they compass finally started working after several years of being broke

[@andywood6376]

I bet the retainer ran out.

[@Superdummy803]

How do you know that Tacopina is a better lawyer than Habba? He knew when to get the f*ck out of dodge.

[@ryanjones4150]

Yes, but also you can tell because he's a lawyer and not Alina Habba, so by default he is better than her.

[@RyanWehr]

I’ll bet he won’t see one dime of payment

[@PeteOtton]

@@RyanWehr Hence why he isn't there. But I thought he was smart enough to get some money up front?

[@NeutralDrow]

Setting the bar so low you need an oil drill to reach it.

[@peterpain6625]

He probably was above his pain threshold with the know-it-all client ;)

[@the-chillian]

Like Judge Judy says: Beauty fades. Dumb is forever.

[@thelinuxcolonel7292]

The one bright side of Trump's presidency is all of the premium LegalEagle content we're getting out of it

[@cmdraftbrn]

but at what undisclosed cost?

[@xHomu]

As much as I love Legal Eagle, let's not do this again.

[@mattbriddell9246]

@@xHomu Agreed- I DEFINITELY do not need a second season :)

[@jennyanydots2389]

Brugh, not everyone needs to post a comment brugh. Just chill out brugh.

[@PoppaCYS]

@@mattbriddell9246 A second season will probably be the final season. The guy is unhinged.

[@hooting-ton5215]

"You can fake being smart." You can fake being pretty too with enough personality and charisma. To do that though you need to be *smart*

[@marcusott2973]

Cosmetic surgery exists...

[@SYLRMHA]

Never made anyone look pretty

[@marcusott2973]

@SYLRMHA true, but we're talking about faking it.

[@dangerousdays2052]

Being smart is stupid.

[@NoriMori1992]

You can also fake it with simple makeup. The fact that she thinks it's easier to fake being smart is incredible. (In fact strictly speaking you _can't_ fake being smart; in order to know what a smart person would do, you have to be at least that smart yourself.)

[@drtaverner]

It seems to me that Judge Kaplan bent over backwards to help Habba follow the rules rather than just shut her down for being incompetent.

[@cheesedoff-with4410]

I wonder whether she'll ever realise that.

[@BenNemec]

I suspect the judges in these cases are being excessively accommodating because they know Trump likes to play the victim and don't want to give him even the tiniest kernel of actual persecution to use. Not that he won't try anyway, but at least rational people will be able to see he's got no leg to stand on.

[@qbi4614]

The Judge really had little choice, otherwise the more delays and rooting around.

[@meneldal]

Kaplan played really nice, to be sure nobody could make arguments that Trump was treated unfairly.

[@jeraldbottcher1588]

I think he was doing that in order to make the ruling appeal proof. In normal proceedings a judge will not go to these lengths.

[@reluctantstereotypes]

"You'll need a good lawyer - not Alina Habba" LOL Brilliant. 😄

[@panikk2]

Hobba was definitely doing her best Phoenix Wright impression by reading from evidence that was not admitted as evidence

[@Vesperitis]

Don’t you disparage the great and honorable Phoenix Wright like that. Habba would never cross examine a parrot. A turkey, sure, but never a parrot.

[@NXTangl]

​@@Vesperitiswhy would she cross-examine her own client?

[@dreaxuslordofdecay]

@@NXTangl Because she doesn't understand how legal trials work or what she's supposed to be doing in them.

[@deweyr_fisher]

lol i loved phoenix wright’s bluffing in the games, this not so much

[@Vesperitis]

@@deweyr_fisher also, 1) Phoenix genuinely cares about his clients and seeking justice, and 2) Phoenix has canonically lost exactly once, and that was because his client was guilty and Phoenix still fulfilled his mission to exact justice.

[@obroni]

Habba is the lawyer Trump truly deserves.

[@seonor]

And she deserves him as client.

[@MrTAGGER88]

It's what happens when you have a habit of stiffing people who work for you and vomiting nonsense 24/7 as an unhinged narcissist

[@catdaddy8603]

She is the best prosecutor on trump's team.

[@aaronwilliams1249]

Trump only hires the best people!

[@Theycallmetomu]

You don't get to just pull out a document to show the witness- This isn't Ace Attorney after all.

[@FTZPLTC]

Trump storming out when they said he acts like the law doesn't apply to him... is pretty funny considering that he's literally been trying to use that as a defence in another trial.

[@lasagnahog7695]

Less funny when you consider the millions of idiots who buy it.

[@TheNzFox]

@@lasagnahog7695 I'm not 100% that one is sticking that much, don't see fox 'news' parroting it like the 30 other excuses trump is using. I think mostly its being ignored because even the most stupid person realizes that by saying 'the POUS should be able to do anything they want the law be dammed' means they are saying Biden should be able to do anything he wants

[@people2chronically-online]

Maybe because it’s not needed

[@people2chronically-online]

@@lasagnahog7695millions will Cause trump ti win so cope harder

[@FTZPLTC]

@@lasagnahog7695 - Yeah, but ultimately this is why courts exist - because a million people can be wrong.

[@ykalon]

Hoping she represents him in the criminal trials too. She'll plea 5 months down to life without parole

[@veilmontTV]

That's a good joke

[@brianf7982]

As soon as I read the "Sit down" /"I don't like to be talked to like that" bit, I knew this video would be a must-watch the day it dropped lol. It did not disappoint.

[@HavelTheRock117]

Turning owing 5 million to 83 million. Art of the deal.

[@ianmiller6040]

That's 83M on *top* of the 5M judgement he already owes.

[@mcommish83]

You’re a day late and still not funny or original

[@ianmiller6040]

@@mcommish83 Aw, does your orange king being rightly punished make you mad?

[@SeeStuDo]

Don't forget the daily interest, 1 million dollar sanction, and 400k in opponent lawyer fees Trump had to pay the Times she is costing him 😂

[@mfd8346]

Man I wish my tax dollars would pay his lawyer fees. Costs more than that useless wall

[@blindmown]

You can fake being smart, but only if you're not speaking to smart people.

[@danieldickson8591]

I read a description of Donald Trump which I think makes the attitude of his followers and those in his circle a bit more explicable: "Trump is a weak man's idea of a strong man, a poor man's idea of a rich man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man."

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

I heard that somewhere as well and it's very true.​

[@jenni4claire]

Absolutely. In a kindergarten class, I could be quite convincingly smart, but in a room full of doctors, I couldn't bluff for a minute.

[@RTTGunsGear]

That's what this ambulance chaser channel does. Pretends to be smart

[@typacsk]

@@RTTGunsGear Aww, it looks like somebody's fee fees got hurt

[@janiew5561]

I judged high school Mock Trial just a few days ago. All of the competitors I saw knew how to properly admit exhibits into evidence. They were teenagers. What’s Habba’s excuse?

[@demcduff]

😂

[@g.anthonybenjamin281]

She thinks she’s Pretty and pretending to be smart

[@EmberAwoken]

As a Mock Trial veteran from high school and university, hearing the news about Habba’s sheer incompetence is blood boiling and would be amongst the most cringe basic errors to do.

[@newsandpolitics8742]

Trump bragging about passing his dementia test has the same energy as Peter Griffin bragging about winning at Kid's Pictionary.

[@GabrielleduVent]

Don't forget that he also said 98% of his followers won't be able to, which might be a singular true statement he's made this year.

[@snowingwolves606]

@@GabrielleduVent The insanity though, to insult your own base? C'mon now.

[@korbell1089]

"My compass showed the nearest exit!" 🤣🤣

[@earthtaurus5515]

I'm surprised it took him that long, probably got stuck in a mental parking lot previously....

[@sv2697]

He probably didn't get paid.

[@NiteshadeX2]

​@@sv2697or realized no amount of skill would let him Robert Kardashian his way through the case.

[@ElectroBOOM]

Hello Mr. Eagle! I'm from Canada but enjoy your legal eagles! May I make a recommendation if you don't mind? I was thinking... on your website you should update your old photo to a current one. I like your face better with the fresh new grey hair! That old photo looks young and inexperienced!! 😁 It's not a legal recommendation, just an eagle one!

[@andrewmilner9371]

Did not expect Electroboom to pop up in the comments section 😂 love your videos btw

[@ρρσ-κ2ν]

Omg me and my bf LOVE your videos! They inspired him to work on an electric engineering degree lol

[@Miss_Trillium]

Great idea electroboom! It's not shocking you have great ideas

[@sikul3237]

Love you

[@Severeign]

NFW ElectroBoom. If LegalEagle doesn't follow this advice, he's not as sharp as I thought he was!

[@SpikeRosered]

Being thrown into a highly publicized federal trial with limited experience in trial procedure is like....a nightmare experience to me.

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

As it clearly was for Habba. However as Devon pointed out, you can ALWAYS HIRE A LOCAL LAWYER TO HELP YOU. Which she failed to do.

[@Daxdax006]

I'm sure she will get thousands of MAGArs hiring her

[@BeboRulz]

I don't get why the hell none of the judges have charged him with contempt & thrown him in jail. ANYONE else in a courtroom would have faced consequences to the same garbage behavior he displays.

[@ThunderFlarz]

I'm assuming to prevent as much "material" for an appeal as possible. Can't sue for bias or unfair treatment if you weren't given any.

[@Md-ht3cg]

Very simply... To avoid giving him any possible grounds for appeal as well as to avoid giving him any more political fodder for campaigning. You're right - ANYONE else would have been smacked with contempt or fines.

[@lelandwhitehead56]

Because the cultists would try to start a civil war.

[@BeboRulz]

@@lelandwhitehead56 defendant is allowed to keep breaking the law to keep others from breaking the law? I don't want a "civil war" but F that.

[@BeboRulz]

@@Md-ht3cg he lies about everything anyway & his cult believe him. I just wish he would have ACTUAL consequences to his behavior.

[@nmappraiser9926]

Habba: "I can fake being smart." Objection, facts not in evidence.

[@derekstein6193]

Careful, you could be charged with aggravated battery for administering that burn.

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣👌

[@ginawhite4808]

Habba's ONLY job was to diminsh the damages awarded. Someone should have told her....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@epl803]

Even a nugatory $1 amount (as an accession of fault) would prove that she was validated in her assertions and restore her reputation as being truthful. To not even address the cost of "restoration of reputation" is shocking; funny how basing your assessment of competence on looks and not capability come back to bite you.

[@R-SuperFrando]

"Trump thows a tantrum, again" "You know how little that narrows it down? "

[@torrel8074]

I'm not a trump fan, but at least he is alive enough to throw a tantrum. Can't say that about the current president

[@thatonedog819]

@@torrel8074 I'd argue it's harder to run a country into the ground when they are rather inactive vs actively attempting to run the country into the ground. I voted for Biden because I thought he would burn the country slower than trump. So far I've been right.

[@torrel8074]

@thatonedog819 Trump, the man isn't great, but he did grow the economy, and he was unstable enough to keep other countries in line. Biden is so unalive and passive that other countries know they can get away with anything, and they are. A nucular (or military) deterrent isn't a deterrent if they know you wouldn't use it in any circumstances. Also, Trump gets accused that he willweaponise the DOJ and be authoritarian, but the current administration has done more executive orders and used the DOJ more than any other. "Accuse the other of that you are guilty" It's a shame the US system has become so polarised that no common ground can ever be found. But outrage = support = votes. USA has an odd culture where political oposition (Inc media) often talks about each other and never to each other. And the way to win elections isn't to be the best. It's to not be the worst!

[@professorpengu502]

@@torrel8074 he's not really in much better shape like at all

[@jonathanalonso6492]

@@torrel8074 I trust him to be senile enough to not even realize he's president

[@bertbaker7067]

Am I wrong to think that if any of us regular folks talked back to a judge this much we'd probably be in contempt of court and locked up?

[@Md-ht3cg]

No you are not wrong. The judge is deliberately handling Trump with kid gloves to avoid giving any grounds for appeal or more political fodder...

[@TehNoobiness]

As the judge pointed out, Habba's lucky she didn't get thrown in jail by the end of the trial.

[@UncleKennybobs]

Probably felt sorry for her

[@kaemincha]

I've seen some things happen in a court room that the judge shut down fairly quick. She should count her lucky stars tbh.

[@abaque24]

Me, as a non american, with no legal background beyond pop culture: ‘the f@k was that lady doing in court??’

[@rayhatesu]

Being less competent at defending her client than the average high school student is at psychoanalyzing Trump.

[@gabriels1163]

Good lawyers won't go near trump so he had to get whoever would do it

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

Her best.

[@toboraton]

​@@Nickname-ef9tvbetter than my joke, I was going to say failing.

[@darianbarber3763]

When an impossible to defend figure takes seat in court. This is what you get.

[@tomroberts2135]

old lawyer "I had to follow my compass so I left." New lawyer "what's a compass? Is it woke?"

[@paolovantassel1989]

I'm honestly sort of relieved he left. The second I heard Tacopina was actually doing his job well in the first trial (according to the judge running said trial too), I was worried Trump might have somebody competent protecting him. But apparently one trial with Trump as a client was enough to cause him to leave.

[@PostalHeathen]

​@@paolovantassel1989Honestly, I'd rather he had a competent defense. As much as I'm enjoying the clown show, it's better if his lawyer does a good job and still loses.

[@Catman_CM]

​@@PostalHeathen It's difficult to agree here, but agree I must. Hopefully Ms. Habba's antics don't cause an appellate court to toss the verdict and require a new trial...

[@paolovantassel1989]

@@Catman_CM @glennthacker3606 Thing is, it takes a lawyer to make an appeal to an appellate court. Which means that either she's going to be appealing that her own work was so shoddy that there should be a mistrial, or Trump's going to need another lawyer, who is unlikely to be much better than Ms. Habba. I mean, there's a non-zero chance that he'll find someone who could actually pull it off, but you see how often Trump's lawyers bail on him only to be replaced by less and less skilled lawyers.

[@Catman_CM]

@@paolovantassel1989 true true

[@dexterdrax]

"I can fake being smart" tells you everything about her.

[@waltercomunello121]

it's all about promoting herself as a famous babe, not a lawyer. she doesn't care about Trump, she only cares about money and being watched. she might be better on Onlyfans then.

[@SaintofQuartz]

I was a juror in Ontario, Canada, a few months ago (so similar but not same court system) and one thing that was emphasized is that what does and does not count as evidence. A witness's response to a question? Evidence. Exhibits that are submitted? Evidence. Comments made by attorneys or anecdotes they tell during questions? Not evidence, and our duty to ignore. It didn't come up during the trial I was in, but I imagine anything a witness says outside of their answers wouldn't count as evidence either.

[@jtsharp6129]

I've never seen a Canadian Courtroom, so forgive me. Do your judges wear ridiculous wigs like other countries?

[@randycousins4572]

@@jtsharp6129they do not..😊

[@SaintofQuartz]

@@jtsharp6129 No, just robes. It was a provincial criminal court so no idea if it's different at the federal or SC level.

[@GSBarlev]

1:16 "Which one was the whale?" None of them, Donnie. There has never been a whale on any version of that test.

[@Toonrick12]

Unless he counts himself.

[@balanceofjudgement6136]

@@Toonrick12 😆😆🤣🤣🐋

[@Henrik_Holst]

well to be honest neither was: Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

[@GSBarlev]

​@@Henrik_HolstMoCA is just meant to detect early signs of dementia, and the fact that he: 1. Brags about it as if it were a MENSA entrance exam 2. Completely fabricates questions that were never on the assessment has me pretty well convinced that he did not, in fact, clear that _extremely low bar._

[@jessirarara]

"Oh honey, no. You can't fake it." So glad I wasn't taking a drink when you said that xD coming STRAIGHT for her throat huh? XD

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

But you can fake it. People aren't telepaths so they don't know how clever you are. Just learn some physics or trigonometry or something & explain it. & arguably everybody's unconscious dreaming mind is an absolute genius with metaphors & visualisation. That's why Salvadore Dali used dream images in his art.

[@bigvladgaming]

@@alwaysdisputin9930 It is possible to fake it to an extent. He's just saying that she, herself, isn't capable of it. There's a certain bar of cleverness you have to clear in order to convince others that you're much smarter than you are, and she can't clear that bar.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

@@bigvladgamingNone of them are saying "we only mean it's impossible for Hubba". They're all saying: in general, it's impossible to fake being smart. & they're all wrong to say that.

[@bigvladgaming]

@@alwaysdisputin9930 Well that's not at all how I understood it and to me it's pretty clear. I can't see how a reasonable person could understand it any other way but if that's how you see it, alright then.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

@@bigvladgamingmmm maybe you have a point

[@ProudPapaJD]

I object! Overruled I strenuously object! OVERRULED! 😂😂😂😂

[@GaganSingh-nx2yv]

STERNOUSLY OVERRULED

[@the_man_panda]

I’m not American, but this makes me so incredibly happy to watch

[@ChristianNeihart]

"I can fake being smart." "Oh honey, no. No you can't." I bet that's gotta smart.

[@MakusinMeringue]

Good joke

[@emileblanche5868]

Well… in her defense she did finish law school so that’s gotta count for something.

[@ProudPapaJD]

Brilliant!

[@notoyaarthur1990]

​@@emileblanche5868clearly not for much in her case lol

[@Magic_turtle5]

@@emileblanche5868 She honestly made me question, for the first time in my life: "I guess anyone can pass law school?"

[@johnwhite2663]

Super good recap. I lacked some of the context when seeing the news. For example, why it was a big deal that Habba was photographed after the NH win. Thank you for these. You have a very entertaining delivery.

[@rossmarzano]

'E JEAN CARROLL TOWER -*ding' I spat out my coffee

[@ushere5791]

i would love to see it!!

[@HylianFox3]

That and "Car-Roll-Lago" would make me so happy

[@delialara-correa4271]

She also said, "Objection your honor, I wanted to ask that question". Maybe she should watch My Cousin Vinnie. It might help her better understand how to pretend to be a lawyer.

[@pdoylemi]

I might know a worse lawyer. When my wife and I (amicably) divorced, we needed a lawyer just to do the filings, etc. I wrote the property settlement that Lorrie and I agreed on. I sent it to him to prepare for submission to a court and he literally changed SIX words - as subsequent questions from the judge revealed, he should have changed or clarified more. Then we were supposed to have a final meeting before scheduling the hearing to finalize the divorce, and when we got to the office, no one was there. As it turned out, he had moved his practice weeks before and never told us, so we had to reschedule. Then, the day of the final hearing, he did not show up on time. I asked the judge (and my wife agreed to it) if I could handle it pro se, expecting to be turned down. But he allowed it, and with some coaching from the bench we were almost done when our dufus lawyer showed up. When the hearing was done and the judge signed off on the divorce agreement, he told our lawyer (her's technically) to come to his chambers. I would have LOVED to have been there!

[@automaticmattywhack1470]

God Dammit Devin! You made me spit out Dr Pepper all over my kitched table and wall with the line: "If you've ever been sued for defamation, you'll need a good lawyer, not Alina Habba....."

[@WyvernYT]

I keep expecting, "If YOU need a good lawyer, but aren't connected to Donald Trump, call the Eagle Team..."

[@snowingwolves606]

@@WyvernYT "If YOU need a good lawyer, then make sure that lawyer isn't a part of the Trump Team"

[@dspserpico]

Kaplan even used her one question to Trump in her closing, to drive home the point that only money matters to Trump. I am in awe.

[@BoldAsLove37]

Pleeeeease let her get the naming rights to that tower in Chicago. It's an absolute eyesore in my favorite city in this country. Side note, I love how 2K blocks the name out on the tower when they show a shot from the river before you play a Bulls home game 😊

[@tallspicy]

The building is so beautiful and had no sign for 4 years.

[@Aroyaldmd]

That worst part about Habba's statement was the full-blown lack of self awareness... her ability to fake being smart is amazing!

[@cerberus01]

This case played out like one where a "sovereign citizen" represents themselves.

[@arturoaguilar6002]

The murder case? Yeah, that defendant wasn't a clown; was the complete circus.

[@amptransformers2257]

He MIGHT appeal…if Alina Habba remembers that she has to file that paperwork. Honestly, I hope to hear that she forgot and missed the deadline! 🤣 🤞🏼

[@Techydad]

Trump apparently fired Habba by Truth Social post. He's looking for another lawyer now for the appeal. Still, Habba's incompetence will limit their appeal chances and Trump will need to put up the entire judgment.

[@annieoakley9207]

He will have to put up a large percentage of the $83.3 million he owes Carroll in order to appeal the verdict. I do not think he will (or can) do that.

[@xger21]

I mean, she did forget to request a jury trial in one of the cases, so I would not be surprised at all if the appeals deadline is missed.

[@peterpain6625]

@@annieoakley9207 I so want him to use campaign funds for that and get clobbered in court again ;)

[@ianmiller6040]

@@annieoakley9207 The entire amount, plus interest, actually. It's so the verdict can be immediately paid out if he loses (which he will). If he wins, he gets it back.

[@progidy7]

14:53 "I myself received three death threats this week. That's me on a good day." Habba so dumb she thinks weeks are days

[@TheRogueWolf]

4:40- Ah, yes, the five stages of grief: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and political rally.

[@chryssmetzler2098]

It's funny the mango mussolini always goes down the "I don't know who this person is" road every time he gets nailed.

[@kingMT514]

Trump took notes from fictional Thanos: *I don’t even know who you are.*

[@lakodamon]

Mango Mussolini... I'm stealing that.😁

[@stevencooke6451]

I imagine Melania says this about him a lot.

[@tomburress4928]

He sounds like a mobster. “I don’t recall”, “I don’t know anyone by that name”, “I never said that”. He’s a wannabe John Gotti.

[@hotwelder21]

Mango Mussolini 😂😂😂😂

[@TehPwnerer]

You can only fake being smart around people Dumber than you, the smart ones will sniff you out right away.

[@scottholder4431]

I love it that his "I got lots of money" claims come back to bite him. "Oh you are rich, are you?" Well that just means you should be able to pay 80 mill to Carroll.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

How can punitive damages have any meaning for massively rich people and corporations if they aren't extremely large? It just becomes "the cost of doing business."

[@BlazeBuds]

Like how Big Pharma allow 1 to 2% of money made to go to court cases and settlements, businesses like that allow that in their profit margins and charge extra for the product

[@d0k0night]

If he is indeed worth many billions as he claims he is, then 83 million is nothing, right? But is he truly worth that much? That's the thing.

[@panikk2]

​@@d0k0nightissue for trump is that he's litigating another case where he's desperately trying to show he has a lot of money.

[@seonor]

In this trial Tramp stated he has about $400 million of easily accessibly money (basically cash), so the jury just adjusted the payout accordingly.

[@palladin1337]

Normally, you'd be right. However, it is also an open question on whether he even has that kind of money or is even worth that much. Personally, I'm of the opinion that since so much of his 'empire' has been built under, let's call them dubious circumstances, that it will not be able to survive such hammer blows for very long. And depending on how certain other court cases end, it's probably going to shatter like cheap glass.

[@Waseemqaziatx]

Lately I’ve been on a Netflix standup comedy binge. Nothing. Nothing comes close to this 😂😂😂

[@Onewheelordeal]

The supporter guy getting kicked out for taking a selfie with a very willing participant is beyond hilarious

[@mcw1907]

If he was as loyal to Trump (ew) as he claims, he should surely have seen plenty of Trump loyalists thrown away when their usefulness is over. Why, he should be thrilled at joining the ranks of those who have sacrificed their money, reputations, dignity, even their freedom in the name of Trump.

[@ianmiller6040]

That selfie proved that she was lying about being too sick to attend the trial. The Trump campaign realized this picture caught her in a lie and tried to do damage control by kicking him out. Of course, she was stupid enough to walk around and willingly let herself be photographed in public.... Honestly, I'm surprised Alina isn't in jail right now for contempt of court, at the very least. There is *photographic evidence* that she openly lied to the judge about where she would be. Why is she not in jail?

[@Jacob-Sophia]

​@@mcw1907 With how much the right loves bringing up Caesar crossing the Rubicon in reference to Democrats passing laws they don't like it sure seems Trump has taken on the Roman Emporer model of loyalty to your supporters

[@GabrielPettier]

@@mcw1907 blind loyalty is like that, every time trump turns on a an ally, you just assume it's the disgraced ally's fault, they must be a traitor, the worst kind of people, it's much easier to hunt with the pack than to take a step back and see who wronged the other, until it happens to you… I hope these people learn a lesson about how to give loyalty in the future, but i'm not going to hold my breath, these are not really smart people.

[@douglasboyle6544]

A couple of things, First, my favorite thing from Judge Kaplan in this is when the jury delivered the verdict form to him for review he looked at it and said "I presume this M is for millions?" Apparently, the crestfallen look on Habba and the rest of the defense team was quite visible. Second, I hope Habba sues you for slander/defamation or whatever for everything you said here about her because she wouldn't have a case and you would wipe the floor with her.