Posted on 01/27/2024 6:30:43 PM PST by Libloather
Donald Trump's lawyers intend to appeal his staggering $83.3 million defamation lawsuit loss to E. Jean Carroll by arguing there was an 'insane' conflict of interest at the heart of the case.
The former president's legal team are set to appeal on the grounds there was a conflict of interest between Carroll's lawyer and the judge presiding over her case.
Trump's firebrand attorney Alina Habba claimed she was unaware that Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan - who are not related - worked together in the early 1990s, with the judge serving as her 'mentor', reports the New York Post.
'It was never disclosed. It’s insane and so incestuous,' Habba said, arguing their alleged close relationship was never disclosed and she only became aware of it after the conclusion of the case.
Habba continued: 'This is news to us. We are going to include this in our appeal and take appropriate measures. The fact it wasn't disclosed is an ethics violation.'
The allegations of a conflict of interest were bolstered by an anonymous former Weiss partner, who reportedly claimed Roberta Kaplan - a junior associate - made an extra effort to stand out to the managing partners.
'Lew was like her mentor,' they claimed.
Before becoming a founding partner at law firm Kaplan, Keckler & Fink in 2016, Roberta Kaplan worked alongside the judge at Paul, Weiss Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan.
She began at the firm in 1992, according to her LinkedIn, where Judge Kaplan was a partner until he was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994.
In a statement to the Post, representative for Roberta Kaplan, Zak Sawyer, denied there was any conflict of interest and said the two barely knew each other.
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Same last name.
Oh hello. We have the same last name.
Then, boom. Torrid affair, not disclosed until now.
Fani Willis style.
Got it. In other words the trial was as rigged as the 2020 election.
Donald Trump. A counter puncher. You figure it out. Watch and enjoy.
Until the Biden crime familia are behind bars and J6 Patriots are freed I will NEVER audibly say the final words of the Pledge of Allegience.
There is no “justice FOR ALL”!
bttt
Not a legal expert but the verdict was given by a jury, not judge.
Double baggers.
The judge has control over what evidence can and can’t be presented to a jury. And a judge can order a defendant to not defend himself.
With Alex Jones, he was forbidden to even say he was innocent.
I see no reason for recusal based on that.
An interesting bit on Roberta Kaplan, from her wikipedia page:
“On August 9, 2021, Kaplan resigned from her role as chairwoman of Time’s Up, after she was named in the report released on August 3, 2021, by New York Attorney General Letitia James that followed the investigation of sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo,[23][24][25] and after an open letter from a group of former Time’s Up staffers and clients to the board of Time’s Up was published.[26][27] The report alleged Kaplan was involved in an effort to discredit a woman who had accused Cuomo of sexual harassment.[23]”
Triggered??
Shot right offa da page!
(From link...)
Here’s what you need to know about E. Jean Carroll, that was previously reported here on The Gateway Pundit.
Most of these information were deemed “inadmissible” by the judge per John LeFevre:
She has powerful pheromones - men just CAN'T help themselves!
IBTZ
It was breaking news this time not Bombshell News. GP does the Bombshell news section
I’m surprised that that would be in anyway constituional!
Could this trial BE any more rigged?
“I’m surprised that that would be in anyway constituional!”
The Constitution only exists for patriots any more. Sadly.
The judge had to do a double wham on Trump to make up for Fani impending fail.
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