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Alina Habba Appears to Have Been Replaced
Newsweek ^ | 01/31/2024 | Kate Plummer

Posted on 01/31/2024 1:09:45 PM PST by thegagline

Donald Trump has suggested he may choose a new lawyer to represent him when he appeals his damages verdict in a case brought against him by E. Jean Carroll.

On Friday, a New York City jury ordered that the former president must pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll for statements made in 2019. He said she was lying about allegations he sexually assaulted her inside a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s. That amount includes $7.3 million in compensatory damages, $11 million for reputational repair, and $65 million in punitive damages.

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The Republican was represented by the lawyer Alina Habba, who came under sustained criticism for her courtroom performance during the trial.

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"I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal of one of the most ridiculous and unfair Witch Hunts our Country has ever seen—The defamation Sham presided over by a Clinton appointed, highly partisan, Trump Hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who was, together with certain other Radical Left Democrat Judges, one of the most partisan and out of control activists that I have ever appeared before. He was a "bully" who demanded two trials, rather than one, denied me Due Process, would not allow me to put forth vital evidence (of which there was much!), and only allowed me to be on the witness stand for minutes, telling my lawyer what to ask, and telling me to only give one word answers, as his wife and friends sat in cordoned off front row seats watching with glee. This entire HOAX is a disgrace to our American System of Justice. Any lawyer who takes a TRUMP CASE is either "CRAZY," or a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT. I will make my decision soon!," he wrote.

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There is a lot of spin out there. Hiring appellate counsel is common. The appellate world is markedly different from litigation.
1 posted on 01/31/2024 1:09:46 PM PST by thegagline
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To: thegagline

My comment as well. Where is that “like” button when you need it?


2 posted on 01/31/2024 1:11:58 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: thegagline

He should demand a new trial.


3 posted on 01/31/2024 1:12:13 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: thegagline
Good news!


4 posted on 01/31/2024 1:12:42 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: thegagline

Habba, Habba!


5 posted on 01/31/2024 1:13:13 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (When I say "We" I speak of, -not for-, "We the People")
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To: thegagline

“The appellate world is markedly different from litigation.”

Yup; appellate work is much different from trial work.


6 posted on 01/31/2024 1:13:17 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: thegagline

Hiring a different attorney to handle an appeal is not replacing the trial court attorney. It’s just very normal practice.


7 posted on 01/31/2024 1:13:30 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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Hiring appellate counsel is common.

Exactly, he didn't even need a lawyer for this last trial, the fix was in from the start.

8 posted on 01/31/2024 1:14:46 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Dr. Franklin

She better also be hot.


9 posted on 01/31/2024 1:16:24 PM PST by nwrep
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Perhaps the best known example of this is Alan Dershowitz. He doesn’t often represent cases at trails. He specializes in appeals.

This is very, very common. Anyone making it out to be more than that doesn’t understand how stuff happens.

Often, the trial lawyer is burned out on the case…and just wants to get back to their daily grind. Not saying this is the situation…but it is common.


10 posted on 01/31/2024 1:17:05 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: thegagline

These media outlets just can’t help themselves. They know or should know why, instead they allude to something nefarious. Just like the Trump Christmas Eve family photo, “Melania Trump was mysteriously missing in the photo, leading many to speculate”. Well, she was with her dying mother and I would bet they knew that.


11 posted on 01/31/2024 1:20:00 PM PST by Toespi ( )
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Never apologize. Never back down.

 

Trump Lawyer Backs off Idea That E. Jean Carroll Judge Had Conflict
U.S. News & World Report. ^ | Jan. 30, 2024, at 12:17 p.m. | By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel

12 posted on 01/31/2024 1:20:30 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: thegagline

The result was terrible, worse than could be imagined.

Yes, it was time for a new lawyer. Based on the result, probably 9 months too late.


13 posted on 01/31/2024 1:21:36 PM PST by Fido969
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Apparently Habba withdrew her objection to the judge in the case co-officiating the wedding of one of the plaintiff's lawyers.

"The purpose of the letter was simply to inquire as to whether there is any merit to a recently published New York Post story which reported on the alleged existence of such a relationship," she wrote. "Since Ms. Kaplan has now denied that there was ever a mentor-mentee relationship between herself and Your Honor, this issue has seemingly been resolved."

14 posted on 01/31/2024 1:21:52 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Correct. Appeals is a specialty practice.

I guess it should also be stated, New York passed this law extending the statutes of limitations for civil suits expressly so EJC could sue Trump in this case - and it got a lot of other lawsuits against other men started too. They even put the cutoff for filing suits and sunseet of the law to coincide with the election year. But at heart, it’s part of the entire lawfare being waged against Trump coordinated by Democrats in various states.


15 posted on 01/31/2024 1:29:48 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: thegagline

one of my old buddies...after doing everyday cases for a while....that’s all he did was appeals....and and he became an Appeals Court Judge.


16 posted on 01/31/2024 1:31:31 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Vermont Lt

Miss Kraken handles appeals work. Ask Gen. Flynn and, bonus, Trump already knows her! In the real world, Trump better hold on to his lawyer, John Lauro - he is the real deal and not the usual Trump flunky lawyer


17 posted on 01/31/2024 1:33:38 PM PST by Oystir
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Apparently Habba withdrew her objection to the judge in the case co-officiating the wedding of one of the plaintiff's lawyers.

It was really bad form on her part to run to the press before filing the Motion to recuse/disqualify. Sort of the Lin Wood/Sidney Powell school of useless, self-aggrandizing publicity hounds.

Hopefully, Trump retains a decent appellate attorney to have Kaplan’s atrocious decision reversed.

18 posted on 01/31/2024 1:34:47 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024 )
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To: thegagline

I am not an attorney.

However I understand that there are specialists in the legal profession just as there are in many other highly technical professions.

I would bet that Habba gave Trump a list of lawyers qualified to represent him on appeal.


19 posted on 01/31/2024 1:36:48 PM PST by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the government can not make worse)
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To: thegagline

Decisions like this will end the justice system in the US


20 posted on 01/31/2024 1:38:17 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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