The blockbuster remark came moments before closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge threatened Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba with jail time on Friday, after the former president’s lawyer kept contesting a ruling after it had been issued.
“You are on the verge of spending some time in the lockup,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned. “Sit down.”
The bombshell remark came moments before the start of closing arguments in Trump’s second trial in a case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll.
Sending her to jail does nothing other than rile up his base and give him grounds to declare bias. I’m glad the judge has a better grasp on this than you do.
I get it, but there has to be a point where the rule of law isn’t held hostage by “riling up the base”. People get pissed that there’s two justice systems, one for the rich and another for everyone else - so because this rich asshat can throw cannon fodder idiot performative lawyers out to gin up the base, he gets kid gloves?
100% agreed. That point is far beyond a lawyer being annoying in court, imo.
Ignoring this is so the punishment given to him is unimpeachable. If she puts his lawyer in jail, it’s easier on appeal to claim bias. It’s the whole point of the move, and it would be bad judgement by the judge to jail her…it’s like grabbing the little fish and thus letting the big one get away.
So we just let them continue breaking the law so as to appease fascists? Yeah that’s a terrible idea
No, it’s the exact opposite. I don’t give a shit if she spends a couple of days in jail for being annoying in court. I want to make sure the rulings against trump, the rapist and insurrectionist, are unimpeachable.
It’s overreacting to petty shit meant to antagonize that is going to let them get away with breaking the actual laws we all actually care about.