'Stretching for any argument': Experts say Alina Habba jeopardized Trump's case at trial

Former President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba may have jeopardized her client's case by flouting a federal court judge's rules, analysts said Wednesday.

Habba, who represented Trump during a chaotic day in the Manhattan civil court where E. Jean Carroll has brought her defamation case against the former president, attempted to discredit the former journalist, but only served to outrage the judge, according to an analysis from Salon.

Former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade argued Habba's defense was "designed" to promote Trump's political campaign, a strategy Loyola Marymount University law professor Laurie Levenson called a stretch.

“[Habba is] stretching for any argument she can make," Levenson reportedly said.

Habba's argument — that Carroll wanted fame when she told of her sexual abuse in a luxury department store in the 1990s (which Trump denies but for which he has been found liable) — didn't pass the smell test for Levenson, she said.

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“In this day and age, I don't think most people believe that women come forward with this type of experience for fame and gain,” Levenson told the outlet. “The process is just too traumatic.”

Habba also quizzed Carroll about her gun license in a move that outraged Judge Lewis Kaplan.

“Don’t go much farther,” Kaplan told her.

Trial attorney Bernard Alexander explained Habba is likely trying to belittle Carroll in an effort to minimize the damages the jury awards her.

“The value of the case is based on the credibility of the plaintiff," he said.