Lawrence O’Donnell Gives Trump Lawyer Alina Habba A Damning New Title

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday argued why Alina Habba is now “the current front-runner as worst Trump lawyer to appear in court so far.”

The “Last Word” anchor pointed to Habba’s admission in court docket that, “I don’t know how to try this case, your honor.”

Habba’s declaration got here after the Trump authorized staff’s pre-trial objections in author E. Jean Carroll’s new, second civil trial towards the previous president have been roundly dismissed by the choose.

O’Donnell was astonished by Habba’s flip of phrase.

“Imagine sitting in a courtroom and hearing the lawyer who you are paying say, ‘I don’t know how to try this case, your honor,’” he stated.

Last yr, a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million after she gained a sexual abuse and defamation case over allegations he raped her in a division retailer dressing room within the Nineties.

Carroll’s new defamation case facilities on derogatory statements that Trump made about her in 2019. Jury choice for the trial started Tuesday. Trump attended court docket however didn’t need to.

Watch O’Donnell’s evaluation right here:

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