"Trump doesn't have an appeal": Experts say Trump may fire lawyer after being "burned very severely"
"Trump doesn't have an appeal": Experts say Trump may fire lawyer after being "burned very severely"
Legal experts skewered Alina Habba's "comedy of bumbling errors" in Trump defamation trial.
Legal experts skewered Alina Habba's "comedy of bumbling errors" in Trump defamation trial
Former President Donald Trump's appeal of the $83.3 million verdict in the defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll is unlikely to succeed, legal experts say.
"Let me ruin the suspense for everyone. Trump doesn't have an appeal," Nashville lawyer Brian Manookian argued Friday. "I know the talking heads on TV who have never tried a case or appealed a jury verdict have to mention it. Here's why it isn't going to fly."
A person must "preserve a reversible error at the trial level" in order to have a case with merit on appeal, Manookian explained, ultimately blaming Trump's lack thereof on his legal team in the case.
"This is why you hire competent counsel. You need someone who actually knows the rules of evidence and procedure," he said. "Alina Habba had no clue what was occurring throughout the trial. She not only failed to preserve any remote grounds for appeal, like a moron, she repeatedly and unintentionally waived them over and over."
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But people here on Lemmy have told me repeatedly that she isn't stupid and that she was creatively doing Trump's bidding! As recently as yesterday!
Do you mean to tell me she is stupid?!
Well, to be fair, it’s quite possible for her to be both stupid AND doing Trump’s bidding. It’s not like he is firing on all cylinders, the guy brags about being able to pick out a whale from a from a lineup of fruits and vegetables.
I don’t think she’s a good lawyer, but I also don’t think she’s stupid. I would call her shrewd. She’s exactly where she wants to be, if her end goal is more than 15 minutes of fame (which it seems to be, given that radio show). If trump sues her, she can just extend her time in the spotlight. If not, she can always sue him for nonpayment herself
Like she's a total bimbo though, it's so obvious...
She did have to pass the bar at some point I'd imagine. She can't be completely dumb. A reverse Elle Woods maybe
Passed the bar by faking being smart, I guess.
Yeah, by cheating for example...
Given her blatant ignorance of basic lawering cheating on her bars seems likely.
Some of these Trump lawyers are so bad that I'm seriously questioning the Bar's ability to filter out terrible lawyers.
Hey, I've said she's an evil manipulative bitch, not a bimbo.
That doesn't make her a good lawyer though.
She's fucking incompetent, not some evil mastermind...
Absolutely not a mastermind. Definitely evil, definitely manipulative. Not particularly competent.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/30/trump-golf-club-worker-sexually-harassment-lawsuit-00129307
You would think.