'Expect sanctions': 'Sick' Alina Habba is warned judge will grill her about Trump party

The lawyer representing Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll's second defamation suit "should expect sanctions" for her "misrepresentations" after she asked for the trial to be delayed because she was exposed to COVID-19, Newsweek reported Thursday.

Alina Habba told Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday she wasn't feeling well and asked for a 1-day adjournment. As Newsweek points out, she had tested negative for the virus that morning, as did her co-counsel, but said her parents had been exposed to it and she'd had a fever. A juror also reported being sick.

The trial was delayed further and is now expected to resume Thursday, but Habba was spotted on Tuesday attending a Trump campaign event in New Hampshire after his primary win.

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In a post to X, lawyer Steve Martin said, "Lawyers have many obligations. Among the more universal duties is officer of the court. The next time Alina Habba appears in court, the judge will put her under oath and inquire about misrepresentations to the bench.

"In open court the judge has contempt powers. Alina should expect sanctions. Judges really really don't like being lied to! She should appear with separate counsel. She won't think that far into the deck. If she had that capacity she would have never joined the League of Lost Trump Lawyers."

Carroll won $5 million in damages in May of last year after a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. Carroll is seeking another $10 million in damages after separate defamatory comments from Trump about the same assault.

The judge has already found Trump liable and the trial, which is expected to resume Thursday, involves deciding the amount of damages.