“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.
I understand that part, my point was more that he could have said something like “Trump is free to go to the funeral as we don’t need him here, but I have already ruled that we will not postpone blah blah blah.”
I just hate giving the propagandists easy ammo. I know we shouldn’t all be walking on eggshells all the time though. This whole situation sucks…
That is literally exactly what the judge said. I hate to tell you homie, but you’re the mark. A five second Google search would confirm that the judge explicitly and specifically said that Trump did not need to be present for this case, and was free to attend the funeral if he wished. That whiny fucking pussy doesn’t give a fuck about Melania’s mother unless he can bury her on another one of his golf courses for a tax break.
It’s doesn’t matter. They’re going to say some stupid shit about it no matter what happens or what the judge says.