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☆ Bench-slapped Trump attorney Alina Habba 'acted more like a lawyer' when the former president wasn't in court, E. Jean Carroll lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer said Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba acted more professional when Trump wasn't around. Habba "was much more disciplined" and "acted more like a lawyer," Carroll lawyer Shawn Crowley said. Habba's courtroom antics made headlines during the Carroll defamation trial against Trump. AdvertisementDonald Trump's attorney Alina Habba — whose courtroom antics in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial made headlines — "acted more like a lawyer" when the former president wasn't around and buzzing in her ear, Carroll's attorney said. In the same interview, Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan said Habba regularly "yelled" at US District Judge Lewis Kaplan during the trial.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll lawyer rebuts Trump judge conflict worry, says no basis to toss $83.3 million verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer on Tuesday rebutted a claim that she was mentored by the judge who oversaw the rape defamation trial of Donald Trump, and said there is "no basis' to toss the recent $83.3 million verdict against the former president in Carroll's favor. Roberta Kaplan joined the firm in October 1992 and Lewis Kaplan left Paul, Weiss in August 1994 upon his confirmation as judge. Roberta Kaplan also told the judge in a letter that she reserved the right to "seek sanctions" against Habba for making "false and vexatious claims." As in the second trial, Roberta Kaplan represented Carroll and Judge Kaplan presided over the case. "We believe, and will argue on appeal, that the Court was overtly hostile towards defense counsel and President Trump, and displayed preferential treatment towards Plaintiff's counsel," Habba wrote.

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☆ Trump claimed his E. Jean Carroll defamations were the best thing that ever happened to her. Here's how the grotesque tactic met its end.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementE. Jean Carroll surrounded by her defense team after winning an $83 million defamation verdict against Donald Trump. That's because "such benefits are irrelevant as a matter of law," Carroll attorney Joshua Matz wrote to Judge Kaplan. Donald Trump attends the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York with attorney Alina Habba. Carroll attorney Joshua Matz thought not. In her closing arguments, Habba, Trump's lead attorney, argued that Carroll "is a woman who was exuberant and enjoying newfound attention."

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☆ Trump's 'disrespectful' behavior during E. Jean Carroll trial turned the jury against him and saddled him with an $83.3 million bill, legal experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A federal jury ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages on Friday. During the defamation trial, Trump and his attorney appeared to frequently frustrate the presiding judge. The jury deliberated for under three hours before delivering their verdict, which included $18.8 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages for Carroll. Juries tend to grow attached to their presiding trial judge, Jones said, adding that they often come to see the judge as a protector of sorts. The $83.3 million in damages are on top of $5 million in damages Carroll won during the May 2023 trial.

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Donald Trump testifies on January 25, in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg/ReutersDonald Trump returned to a Manhattan federal courthouse on Thursday where he took the stand for what was ultimately less than five minutes — including multiple admonishments from Judge Lewis Kaplan — as he seeks to avoid a multimillion-dollar jury verdict against him in the civil defamation trial. The trial centers on Trump’s 2019 comments about E. Jean Carroll, the writer who last year won a civil verdict over her claim Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s and then defamed her when she first publicly accused him. Carroll is seeking at least $10 million. Closing arguments are scheduled for Friday morning and the jury of nine could have the case by lunchtime.

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☆ Judge in Trump defamation trial advises jurors to 'never disclose that you were on this jury'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"My advice to you is that you never disclose that you were on this jury, and I won't say anything more about it," Kaplan said after the verdict was read. "And I won't say anything more about it." Kaplan repeatedly had to advise Trump and his lawyers to maintain proper behavior throughout the trial. The first trial also found that Trump defamed Carroll when he commented on her allegations while he was president. Jurors in this case were asked to find the damages for that statement and subsequent insults Trump has since made.

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That verdict is still being appealed, and Trump within minutes of Friday’s verdict declared he will appeal this one as well. Carroll proved to jury she suffered harm from Trump’s defamatory statementsIt didn’t take the jury long to return a verdict against Trump, with deliberations lasting less than three hours. Trump’s attorney argued that Carroll would have received hateful messages when she wrote her story no matter what Trump said. “But President Trump should not have to pay for their threats. “You are on the verge of spending some time in the lock up, now sit down,” he said to Trump’s attorney.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs for his second civil trial after E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, outside a Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 26, 2024. "The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom," said Judge Lewis Kaplan. Trump's comments have sparked death threats and vicious emails and tweets directed at Carroll, the lawyer said. "You are not going to use a slide to represent how many tweets there were, you are not using that slide, period," Judge Kaplan said. Carroll's lawyers have complained during the trial about Trump making comments that were audible to jurors while sitting with his attorneys at the defense table.

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In addition to his two losses in the Carroll cases, Trump faces civil penalties in a case in New York, where a judge has already determined that Trump inflated his net worth to win better financing terms. In both the New York and the second Carroll case, Trump has made theatrical appearances and remarks. The Best Cartoons on Donald Trump View All 272 ImagesIn the Carroll case, Trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments and was chastised by the judge for interrupting while his own lawyer, Alina Habba, was speaking. The initial Carroll verdict came as something of a surprise. Haley earlier in the month said she had not "looked at" the Carroll case.

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The defense’s questions were effectively pre-cleared by the judge, as Trump was not allowed to re-litigate the verdict from last year. Trump attorney Alina Habba first asked her client whether he stood by his testimony in a previous deposition denying Carroll’s allegations. Habba then asked, “Did you deny the allegation because Ms. Carroll made an accusation.”“That’s exactly right, yes I did.” Trump replied. Habba asked Martin whether she felt that Carroll enjoyed the attention that came with her lawsuits against Trump. In the first trial, Martin said she was having issues with Carroll at the time she sent the messages and later felt bad about it.

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☆ Trump loses battle with E. Jean Carroll judge as testimony gets cut short
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sections of the deposition, where Trump denied raping Carroll and said she was "not my type," were played for the jury earlier on Thursday. Three times — twice before his testimony, and once afterward — Trump griped loudly about getting a raw deal from Carroll and the court system. Then, minutes before his testimony, and with the jury still not in the courtroom, Trump piped up again. Judge Kaplan concluded that Trump was liable for defaming Carroll when he called her a liar in 2019 and that the second trial would be only on damages. As Carroll and Kaplan then left the courtroom, Business Insider asked them if they had any response to Trump's parting remark.

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☆ Trump could be called to testify in E. Jean Carroll sex defamation trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends jury selection in the second civil trial after Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 16, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. Former President Donald Trump is expected to testify Thursday in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil defamation case against him. Trump was initially set to take the witness stand Monday in Manhattan federal court, but the trial was postponed after a juror called in sick. The resumption of the case, which was delayed for three days, also marked the return of Trump's courtroom-centric presidential campaign strategy. Trump has decried all of his legal battles as witch hunts, claiming that they are being orchestrated by the Biden administration to hurt his 2024 presidential bid.

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☆ Trump plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll's trial. His only move would be to apologize and beg for forgiveness, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

On Monday, Trump's attorney Alina Habba said he intends to take the witness stand in his defense. Trump's two driving impulses — to fight the system and to take the witness stand — will create the judicial equivalent of a car wreck, experts told Business Insider. Alternatively, Trump can get on the witness stand and "try to testify in a narrative fashion," Jones said. Carroll's trial does have a jury, making it harder to "unring that bell" of forbidden testimony, Jones said. Or wager that he'll inflict wounds on himself by taking the witness stand?

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☆ In any other case, Trump lawyer Alina Habba's antics would be grounds for malpractice, ethics lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump's lawyer made headlines last week after she violated basic courtroom rules and proper legal procedure in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. Alina Habba's behavior would have opened her up to potential malpractice liability in any other case, said one ethics lawyer. But Trump is unlikely to sue Habba for malpractice, he said. "Trump wants a lawyer who will fight in the court of public opinion as much as the courtroom," Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Business Insider. "There aren't a lot of good trial lawyers who want to jump on that grenade."

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☆ E. Jean Carroll trial delayed for a second time, postponing expected Trump testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTestimony in E. Jean Carroll's ongoing defamation trial against Donald Trump was postponed for the second day in a row, according to a notice posted to the court docket. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The ongoing trial concerns additional defamation damages for two statements Trump made in 2019, while he was president, disparaging Carroll by calling her dishonest and insulting her appearance. On Truth Social and at rallies, he's continued calling Carroll a liar and claims he doesn't know who she is. Chris Mattei, an attorney who represented family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims in their defamation trial against conspiracy theorist Alex Jomes, told Business Insider it would be pointless for Trump to testify.

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☆ Trump sex assault defamation trial postposed after juror calls in sick
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 22, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty ImagesThe sex assault defamation trial of former President Donald Trump in New York was postponed Monday when a juror called in sick. After the jurors were excused, Habba told Kaplan that she wanted to call Trump as a witness on Wednesday. "I think we should finish tomorrow, Judge Kaplan." E. Jean Carroll (C) arrives for her civil defamation trial against former US President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on January 22, 2024.

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☆ The judge in Trump's E. Jean Carroll trial actually showed restraint when bench-slapping his attorney, former judge says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial has repeatedly bench-slapped his lawyer. Alina Habba repeatedly made simple lawyering mistakes, disrupting the proceedings. The judge actually showed restraint handling Habba, one former judge said. And the judge actually showed restraint in his repeated scoldings of Habba, a former federal judge told Business Insider. AdvertisementJones said that by being disruptive in the court, Habba is doing exactly what Trump wants: sowing chaos.

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☆ A COVID scare and the New Hampshire primary may foil Trump's plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The trial was delayed Monday for a juror COVID scare — and Tuesday is the New Hampshire primary. If the trial isn't delayed another day, as Trump's lawyers requested, he may lose his chance to take the stand. Well, that's the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary — and Trump made clear through his defense team Monday that he plans on being there. Now, that chain of events — a sick juror, and the New Hampshire primary — may well conspire to keep Trump off the witness stand entirely. AdvertisementThe judge paused the trial until Tuesday, but that day will be busy as well, given the New Hampshire primary.

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☆ Trump keeps talking about his defamation case outside court. E. Jean Carroll's lawyer says she'll just use it as evidence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In court filings viewed by Business Insider, Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, notified US District Judge Lewis Kaplan that she intends to submit several pieces of evidence on Monday for the ongoing defamation trial. Carroll's lawsuit centers entirely on the allegation that Trump defamed her by saying she lied about him raping her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. AdvertisementThe exhibits also include a Truth Social post that Trump put up on the day Kaplan filed her letter of intent to submit more evidence. Even before his day in court, Trump continued to attack Carroll on social media, calling the writer's allegations a "fake story" and a "witch hunt." AdvertisementThe current trial is for Carroll's first lawsuit filed in 2019 and will only cover what damages Trump must pay.

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☆ Trump's lawyer asked for a mistrial in his E. Jean Carroll case because she deleted death threat emails
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Carroll said she deleted emails with death threats after Trump defamed her. "Plaintiff admitted that she deleted multiple email messages pertaining to purported death threats made to her," Habba wrote. Advertisement"Despite being served with a subpoena in connection with this action, Plaintiff failed to take reasonable steps to preserve relevant evidence," Habba wrote. "In fact, she did much worse — she actively deleted evidence which she now attempts to rely on in establishing her damages claim." Carroll testified that she received death threats "daily" and deleted them from her inbox and from replies to her social media posts.

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☆ E. Jean Carroll judge bench-slaps Trump's attorney 14 times over basic lawyering in a single day of testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"I need a transcript to be able to work with this," Kaplan told Habba. "Elaine's is a very popular restaurant, isn't it," Habba asked Carroll, of the celebrity-packed Upper East Side bar where she'd been a regular. Habba asked. Habba asked Carroll. Habba asked Carroll.

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☆ Opinion: Trump’s behavior in E. Jean Carroll trial is a chilling trigger for sexual assault survivors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While a victim of sexual assault receives death threats, her assailant receives endorsements and secures the Iowa caucus. Like so many sexual assault victims and survivors, Carroll’s ongoing pursuit of justice, the court proceedings and the response of her alleged abuser have been re-traumatizing. The US Department of Veterans reports that one in three victims of sexual assault will experience post-traumatic stress disorder sometime during their lives. Like so many survivors, Carroll likely knew what was coming when she chose to bring a case against the former president not once but twice. I couldn’t remember all the details, which is common among sexual assault survivors.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba cross examines E. Jean Carroll before Judge Lewis Kaplan during the second civil trial where Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. A federal judge Thursday quickly lost patience with Donald Trump's lawyer as she grilled E. Jean Carroll on her income and social media history as part of the former president's civil defamation trial. said the judge, Lewis Kaplan, in response to defense lawyer Alina Habba's questions about how much money Carroll currently makes. The trial in Manhattan federal court is being conducted to determine damages Carroll is owed by Trump for defamatory statements he made after she aired that rape claim. Kaplan's impatience with Habba's cross-examination came a day after Trump clashed with the judge in open court.

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☆ Trump’s New Hampshire strategy – insults and court histrionics
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The former president publicly fulminated against Judge Lewis Kaplan as “nasty” and a “Trump-hating guy” and bucked courtroom etiquette. Trump accused Kaplan of being heartless for not suspending the trial so that he can attend the funeral of his mother-in-law. But Haley has only implicitly criticized Trump’s assault on democracy, false claims of electoral fraud and tumultuous term in office. This attitude is consistent with Trump’s apparent belief that rules that apply to other Americans don’t constrain him. “That aside, it’s just remarkable how much the former president has gotten away with in court.

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The judge in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial threatened to kick Trump out of court. The threat came after he told Trump to "keep his voice down" during the proceedings. AdvertisementThe judge overseeing the second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against former President Donald Trump threatened to kick Trump out of court if he kept disparaging Carroll to his attorneys while the trial was underway. "Mr. Trump, I hope I don't have to consider excluding you from the trial," Kaplan later said. Kaplan's comments came after he told Trump earlier in the day to "keep his voice down."

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