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.”
trump thinks only in terms of television. he picked the pretty lawyer because, in his mind, everyone that looks good is better than other people. his narcissism is chronic.
He picked the pretty lawyer from the increasingly tiny pool of incompetent lawyers who are still willing to risk whatever career they ever hoped to have in exchange for being hung out to dry and screwed out of any money they expected to receive.
Trump truly believes that he’s going to be President again, none way or another. If he doesn’t win the actual vote he thinks that millions of his supporters will flood the streets and enthrone him. All the trials are merely a sideshow to him.
Reminds me of an old story. Son is condemned to be shot for cowardice. His father, the general, sends him a message to act bravely, because he will be pardoned at the last minute. The son faces his last hours coolly, because he has nothing to fear. When they finally slip the blindfold on he realizes that Daddy couldn’t save him, but Daddy wanted him to die bravely. The only difference is Trump is the ‘victim’ who lies to himself.
Hahaha what a fantasy. That would never happen. Why it is so funny, I believe you that he believes that.
Also his dementia.
Can you please explain Rudy Giuliani by the same logic
Only applies to women. His judgement for men is how far into his ass they’re willing to go to kiss it.
Show me one person who wouldn’t fawn over his dribbling hairline and nicotine stained fingers…
They were friends for years before Trump was President. At one point, I would have said Giuliani may be Trump’s only real friend–yes, even unhinged narcissists can have friends. Giuliani screwed up a lot during his Administration, and until Jan 6, Trump mostly let it go. He didn’t do that for any other lawyer or flunky. However, even Giuliani wasn’t safe when Jan 6 failed.