āGlaringly obviousā incompetence on display as judge tells jury to ādisregard everything Ms. Habba just saidā
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 Carrollās testimony, Habba requested an adjournment so that Trump could attend his mother-in-lawās funeral.
āThe application is denied. I will hear no further argument on it. None. Do you understand that word? None. Please sit down,ā Kaplan, a Bill Clinton appointee, told Habba about the motion that he already denied.
Kaplan repeatedly interrupted Habbaās questions, including when she began to read from a document that had not been formally entered into evidence, sending the trial to a recess.
Why didnāt the judge just say that instead of saying no and handing them a āclipā to use? Good that he can go, but I feel like everyone involved needs to understand the impact of what they say/do in his cases. Propagandists will use every bit of information they can to manipulate people :(
Because the judge already said that. You know the part where he said āI have ruledā? That means they already discussed it, in the past.
I understand that part, my point was more that he could have said something like āTrump is free to go to the funeral as we donāt need him here, but I have already ruled that we will not postpone blah blah blah.ā
I just hate giving the propagandists easy ammo. I know we shouldnāt all be walking on eggshells all the time though. This whole situation sucksā¦
That is literally exactly what the judge said. I hate to tell you homie, but youāre 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 doesnāt give a fuck about Melaniaās mother unless he can bury her on another one of his golf courses for a tax break.
Itās doesnāt matter. Theyāre going to say some stupid shit about it no matter what happens or what the judge says.
It was a motion that was denied at the outset of the trial. Trump is just trying to slow the court. The judge is having none of it.
Because he didnāt ask if he could go. He asked if the trial could be delayed. The judge is not telling him he canāt go. Heās saying the trial wonāt be put off. And, as other posters have pointed out, this was a request that has already been made and denied a while back. Why would the judgeās answer change?
Exactly why you shouldnāt pander to them and let them dictate the narrative. They donāt care about the truth even when you spell it out for them, and theyād edit and twist anything anyone says to fit their agenda.
He did: āI am not stopping him from being there,ā the judge said, referring to the funeral.
He even offered to move Trumpās testimony to accommodate it. https://time.com/6556087/donald-trump-defamation-trial-starts-funeral/