Legal experts skewered Alina Habba’s “comedy of bumbling errors” in Trump defamation trial

Former President Donald Trump’s appeal of the $83.3 million verdict in the defamation case brought by E. Jean Carroll is unlikely to succeed, legal experts say.

“Let me ruin the suspense for everyone. Trump doesn’t have an appeal,” Nashville lawyer Brian Manookian argued Friday. “I know the talking heads on TV who have never tried a case or appealed a jury verdict have to mention it. Here’s why it isn’t going to fly.”

A person must “preserve a reversible error at the trial level” in order to have a case with merit on appeal, Manookian explained, ultimately blaming Trump’s lack thereof on his legal team in the case.

“This is why you hire competent counsel. You need someone who actually knows the rules of evidence and procedure,” he said. “Alina Habba had no clue what was occurring throughout the trial. She not only failed to preserve any remote grounds for appeal, like a moron, she repeatedly and unintentionally waived them over and over.”

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    10 months ago

    I don’t hate small dicks. I hate people who act like massive assholes because they have small dicks.

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        IDK buddy, I’m like a shorter person and don’t really internalize any “Napoleon Complex” because being short doesn’t make me an asshole like my tiny penis does.

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        They hate you because when you make your analogy it’s suddenly offensive, lol hypocrites

        but it’s an apples to apples comparison.

        Both are vulgar language that references a part of the human body that can’t be changed.