Ty Cobb, a former White Home lawyer to Donald Trump, on Wednesday gave a brief but stinging evaluation of present Trump lawyer Alina Habba.
Habba represented Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial towards the previous president. Final week, a jury ordered Trump to pay his accuser $83.3 million.
Final 12 months, a jury discovered Trump answerable for defamation and sexual abuse after Carroll accused him of raping her within the Nineties. He was ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
Trump this week wrote on his Reality Social platform that he’s searching for new authorized illustration as he seems to be to attraction the $83.3 million verdict.
CNN’s Erin Burnett requested Cobb how he thought Habba dealt with Trump’s case.
“I feel she’s dealt with it within the mafia approach,” Cobb replied.
Habba did Trump’s bidding, he continued. “She’s articulated his political narrative of victimization and unfairness within the judicial system, and made some outlandish claims… and she or he misplaced.”
“So, she’s a loser,” he added. “I’m not stunned that Trump is on the lookout for appellate illustration.”
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