Alina Habba's behavior both in the courtroom and outside the courtroom on Monday stunned legal experts, as Habba routinely made a complete fool of herself and tried to engage in mudslinging with attorney general Letitia James. Experts said that it is evidence from her behavior that not only does she not know how to try cases, but that she also doesn't even know the basics about how to act in front of a judge - and both of those things are going to doom her client. Farron Cousins explains what happened.
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Both in the courtroom and outside the courtroom. On Monday with Donald Trump testifying, his lawyer, Alina Haba, suffered multiple just absolute meltdowns. Now, the first one, of course, occurred inside the courtroom where she got into a bit of a back and forth with the judge started yelling at him, and the judge had to tell her or yell at her according to reports to sit down. And this off Alina Haba, right? She didn't want to hear that. So after everything was over that day, she heads outside angry as ever, and gives a little press conference where she accuses the other side of only wanting to do press conferences and make a name for themselves, which is pretty ironic considering that's all Alina Haba has really ever done. But here is Alina Haba having her meltdown outside the court after she had her meltdown inside the court. Take a look.
Alright. The president's team has stepped up to the microphone. They just walked outside of the courthouse. Let's dip in here and listen. Must have been more honest coming from the judge who has already predetermined that my client committed fraud before we even walked into this courtroom. I'm not here to hear what he has to say. Then why exactly am I being paid as an attorney and why exactly are taxpayer dollars being used in this courtroom? The answer is very clear because Ms. James wants to stand right here like she did this morning, and call my client a liar. Call the company fraudulent and make a name for herself. She said this morning that the numbers don't lie and they won't lie. In this case, while Ms. James, I have a message for you, the numbers didn't lie when you ran for governor and that's why you dropped out.
Now, you'll notice in that statement that very angry, bitter statement from Alina Haa, not once does she actually defend her client on the merits of the case. Not once That's her job, okay, folks, she is supposed to go out there and say like, listen, they said X, Y, and Z, total crap. You know, this is what really happened. Here's how things actually are. My client is innocent. But instead, Alina Haba being the horrid lawyer, lawyer that she is, went out there and started mocking the person, bringing charges against him. And that is, of course, New York Attorney General Letitia James. That's not a brilliant legal strategy. That's actually a very petty childlike move by a woman who basically acts exactly like Donald Trump does. They, they, they are two peas in a pod. She continued, by the way, after that clip you saw, she also said quote, and if we don't stop corruption in courtrooms, where attorneys are gagged, where attorneys are not allowed to say what they need to say to protect their client's interests. It doesn't matter what your politics are. But I was told to sit down today, I was yelled at, and I've had a judge who is unhinged slamming a table. Let me be very clear. I don't tolerate that in my life. I'm not going to tolerate it here.
You, you, you ye you yelled at him first. Alina did. Do you not remember that? Or did the facts not matter to you? Because as a lawyer, I would think the facts should matter to you, but clearly they don't. Now, legal experts, of course, were actually stunned by Alina Haas's behavior. Here's what Katie Fung, M-S-N-B-C legal, legal analyst had to say. She said, spoken like a lawyer who one doesn't try cases and two doesn't know how to act in front of a judge. I agree with everything she says there. Her behavior in that courtroom shows her lack of experience inside of a courtroom. Let's not forget folks, Alina Habbas, since she started working for Donald Trump, has already been sanctioned for filing knowingly, frivolous lawsuits. She has lost time after time, after time, after time while representing Donald Trump. She is not good at this.