All posts tagged "Judge Kaplan"

Judge Lewis Kaplan changed a single word in a court order on Tuesday night that MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin thinks could predict how the jury will behave.

The word he changed was "lunch" into "meals." It's something small, but it says a lot.

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Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba has gotten in a number of tense exchanges with the judge in the former president's defamation case, but another Trump lawyer is reportedly not faring any better.

Habba has been the primary attorney from the ex-president's side in the case, and some have even criticized her interrogation of E. Jean Carroll, a writer who already established in court that Trump sexually assaulted her and defamed her after she opened up about it. Carroll ultimately won $5 million after a trial that was separate but related to the current case.

Habba was also accused of not understanding court evidence procedures....

President Donald Trump lashed out at U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan after a contentious day in court.

Following the second day of his defamation trial, Trump blasted the judge for refusing to pause the trial for the funeral of his wife's mother.

Trump seemed to regret not attending his first trial for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. He said he did not want to miss another. The previous jury determined Trump sexually abused Carroll. ...

Following an explosive day in court during the E. Jean Carroll trial in which Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened to have former President Donald Trump removed from the court for his aggressive behavior, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen broke down on CNN how Trump's normal political strong-arm tactics are failing as he enters the legal world.

"It seems like Trump is testing the very structure of the justice system, going head to head with this judge, seeing how far he can go," said anchor Boris Sanchez.

"Unlike his successes in the political world, on the campaign trail when he does the testing, there are consequences in court," said Eisen. "The judge has made it very clear, if Donald Trump keeps up with the statement that Carroll's lawyers said, that it's a con job and a witch hunt, that can taint the jury. This is a very experienced federal judge, a very tough judge, and Donald Trump had better not cross those lines."...