Alina Habba, who was furious, recently addressed reporters outside the Manhattan courthouse where a jury had just ordered her client, Donald Trump, to pay $83.3 million in damages for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
As she made her way to the podium, Habba could be heard shouting, “No! No! I’m glad you asked me that question.”
Once at the microphones, she continued, “No, I’m not having any second thoughts about representing President Trump. It is the proudest thing I could ever do.”
Habba then unloaded on the New York judicial system.
“I have sat on trial after trial for months in this state. The state of New York. Attorney General Letitia James, and now this. Weeks! Weeks! Why? Because President Trump is leading in the polls and now we see what you get in New York. So don’t get it twisted, whoever asked me that question, I’m so proud to stand with President Trump. But I am not proud to stand with what I saw in that courtroom.”
Habba went on about how the court was stacked against her client, saying some of the legal practices were “a violation of everything that I stand for.” She continued, “And that is why I stand with Trump! That is why so many Americans are so proud that he is running again, and so excited to run to the ballot box. But, don’t get it twisted! We are seeing a violation of the justice system. Ladies and gentlemen, you are not allowed to be stripped of every defense you have.”
CNN eventually backed out of Habba’s complaints, leading Jake Tapper to say, “So you’re getting an idea now about why Donald Trump’s attorney is perceived as effective as she is — which is not particularly effective.”
