{"id":2160683,"date":"2024-01-26T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-alina-habba-blasts-judge-after-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T21:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T02:22:17","slug":"trump-attorney-alina-habba-blasts-judge-after-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorney-alina-habba-blasts-judge-after-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump lawyer Alina Habba slams judge over $83M E. Jean Carroll ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-attorney-alina-habba-blasts-judge-after-83-million-e-jean-carroll-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2160683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump Attorney Slams Judge \u200dfor\u2064 Denying Defense \u200din Defamation Trial<\/h2>\n<p>Alina Habba, \u2064attorney \u2062for former President \u200dDonald Trump, fiercely \u2064criticized U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan for depriving \u200bher \u200dclient of any defense \u200bin \u200cfront of the\u200b New York jury tasked with deciding whether Trump defamed E. Jean\u2062 Carroll over \u2064her rape allegations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe were stripped of every defense, every \u2063single defense before we walked \u200bin there, and I am proud to stand with President Trump because he showed up, \u2064he stood up, he took the stand,\u200b and he faced this judge,\u201d Habba passionately stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A nine-person jury\u2064 recently ruled that Trump \u2063must\u2062 pay $65 million in\u2062 punitive damages and $18.3\u2062 million \u2062in compensatory damages to Carroll \u2064for\u200c emotional harm \u200dand other damages \u2064resulting from his denial \u200dof her rape claim. Carroll accused Trump\u200b of raping her\u2063 in a New York department store, which \u2062Trump dismissed as a\u2064 &#8220;hoax&#8221; \u200band Carroll as a &#8220;liar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This verdict comes after \u2064Trump was previously \u2062found liable for sexually assaulting\u200c Carroll in a separate defamation \u2064trial. While the jury did\u200c not find enough evidence \u2062to prove rape, they determined that Trump had sexually abused\u200b Carroll\u200c and\u2064 defamed her after she\u200b came forward with her allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The $83.3 million verdict from \u2062the\u200d recent trial adds to \u200dthe $5 million Trump already owes Carroll from\u2063 the previous trial, \u2064which included damages for sexual abuse, reputation repair, malice, and injury related to defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Habba expressed her frustration \u200dwith the justice \u200bsystem, accusing Judge\u200c Kaplan of denying\u2064 some of her \u200bexpert witnesses from testifying.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI \u200dcouldn\u2019t prove \u200bthat she didn\u2019t bring\u2064 in the dress, there was no DNA, there was no\u200d experts \u2062\u2014 my experts were denied, two of them \u2014 \u200btwo of them \u2014 were denied to come \u200bin,\u201d Habba revealed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During \u200bthe court proceedings, Kaplan\u2062 threatened to send\u200d Habba to jail for interrupting him\u200b while discussing the timeline of Carroll&#8217;s accusation and \u200bTrump&#8217;s statement. Habba wanted to present \u200btweets sent to Carroll before\u2062 Trump&#8217;s statement as evidence that they\u2063 were not influenced\u200c by his comments. However, Kaplan\u2063 did not allow the\u200d tweets to\u2064 be \u200dshown since \u200dthey were \u2064not \u2064entered as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u200c also \u200cthreatened to remove Trump\u2063 from the court\u2063 for being &#8220;disruptive&#8221; and making comments\u200c audible to the jurors, including calling the trial a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; and a &#8220;con job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump provided a brief two-minute testimony, expressing his discontent with the proceedings and stating, &#8220;This is not America.&#8221; He repeatedly interrupted Habba during her testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan had limited the scope of Trump&#8217;s \u2064testimony, allowing him\u200d to speak only about\u200c his deposition and his state of mind when \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-have-blood-on-my-hands-after-being-fired-whistleblower-alleges-foreign-governments-abuse-of-facebook\/\" title=\"\u2018I Have Blood On My Hands\u2019: After Being Fired, \u2018Whistleblower\u2019 Alleges Foreign Governments\u2019 Abuse Of Facebook\">making public claims<\/a> about Carroll. The judge \u2062reminded \u200cHabba\u2064 that\u200d Trump had already been found liable\u200c for sexual abuse\u200c and defamation in the \u2062previous\u2063 trial, \u200bpreventing him from denying those accusations \u2063on \u200bthe\u2063 stand.<\/p>\n<p>However, Habba alleged that Kaplan &#8220;edited \u2062my questions, edited the response\u2063 he\u200c was allowed to \u2062give&#8221; before Trump\u2063 testified.<\/p>\n<p>Following the verdict, Habba announced plans to immediately appeal,\u2064 attributing the outcome to partisan politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a New York jury, and \u200bthat is why\u2064 we are seeing these witch hunts,\u201d\u200c Habba\u2063 asserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe record that was made in\u2064 there, and the behavior I \u200csaw in there \u2026 gave us the perfect record on appeal and\u200d even\u200b if I needed it, which I don\u2019t,\u201d Habba added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Trump&#8217;s personal involvement during the\u200d trial impact the defense&#8217;s case?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064Ected defenses and limiting the presentation of \u2063evidence in \u2062favor\u2064 of her\u2064 client. She \u200dargued that this denied Trump a\u200b fair \u200bchance to defend \u2064himself and undermined the principles of justice.<\/p>\n<p>In her \u2062remarks, Habba highlighted the importance \u2063of Trump&#8217;s presence during the trial. \u2062She\u200b commended the former President for showing up, taking \u200dthe stand, and facing the judge. It is clear that Habba believes Trump&#8217;s personal\u2063 involvement was crucial in standing up \u2064against what she perceives as an unfair judgment.<\/p>\n<p>The jury&#8217;s decision to award Carroll $65 million\u2062 in punitive damages and $18.3 million in compensatory damages reflects the severity of the\u200c emotional harm and other damages\u2064 she suffered as \u2063a result of \u2063Trump&#8217;s \u200ddenial of her rape allegations. While the jury did not find \u200denough evidence to support the rape claim,\u200c they did rule \u200cthat Trump had sexually abused Carroll and defamed her after she came\u200b forward with her allegations.<\/p>\n<p>This verdict follows\u200b a previous\u200b defamation trial in which Trump\u2064 was found liable for sexually assaulting Carroll. The total amount \u200cowed by Trump, including the recent trial\u2062 verdict, now stands at \u2062$88.3 \u2063million. The damages awarded in\u2062 the previous trial included compensation for sexual\u200b abuse, reputation repair,\u200c malice, \u200dand injury related to defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Habba&#8217;s frustration with the justice system \u2063is understandable \u2062given\u2062 her belief in\u2063 the importance of a\u2062 fair \u200ddefense. The defense attorney&#8217;s criticism of Judge Kaplan suggests\u2062 that she believes \u2063his decisions had a \u2062significant \u2062impact on the outcome of the trial. It remains \u200cto \u200dbe \u200bseen \u2062whether further legal action will be taken to \u2063contest the verdict or challenge the judge&#8217;s rulings.<\/p>\n<p>The implications of this case go beyond the individuals involved. It raises\u200b important questions about the balance between the right\u200b to a\u2062 fair defense and the rights of victims. While it is\u200d crucial to protect individuals \u2063from defamation, it \u2062is equally important to ensure that all parties have the opportunity to present their case and defend \u2063themselves adequately.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-questioned-by-reporters-on-biden-refusing-to-recognize-hunters-love-child\/\" title=\"Reporters question White House on Biden's refusal to acknowledge Hunter's child.\">legal battle surrounding<\/a> these allegations\u200b continues, it is essential that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-throws-out-conviction-of-former-congressman-for-lying-to-fbi\/\" title=\"Former congressman's conviction for lying to FBI overturned by appeals court\">justice system upholds<\/a> the\u2062 principles of \u2063fairness, impartiality, \u2062and transparency. The outcome of this trial highlights \u200bthe need \u2063for a thorough examination of the laws and procedures governing defamation cases. It is\u2062 a reminder that the search for justice requires constant evaluation \u2064and \u2063improvement \u2062to guarantee that all \u200dparties\u2063 involved are\u2064 treated fairly and \u2062justly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alina Habba, attorney for ex-President Donald Trump, criticized Judge Lewis Kaplan for denying her client any defense in the New York trial. Trump is accused of defaming E. Jean Carroll regarding rape allegations. &#8220;We had no chance to present any defense,&#8221; Habba lamented, feeling deprived of all possible arguments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}