“It’s clear Trump wanted to avoid the bloodbath of a cross-examination but wanted to say something”

Former President Donald Trump spent just three minutes on the witness stand Thursday in his defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, using his testimony to declare that he backs his prior deposition denying the writer’s claims.

As Trump left the courtroom, according to The Messenger’s Adam Klasfeld, he complained to the press in the gallery, saying, “It’s not America. It’s not America. This is not America.”

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    8 months ago

    You give her way too much credit. I’ve never taken the bar exam, but, based on having known some very stupid lawyers I am guessing several things:

    1. There are different levels of difficulty in each state since each state has its own bar exam.
    2. If you are stupid but have a decent memory, you can pass it because it doesn’t require creative thought.
    3. If you can’t even do that, but you’ve got enough money, you can pay the right people in certain states and “pass” their bar exam.

    Habba is just clearly stupid. I don’t know why people are suggesting anything else.

    She even essentially admitted as much.

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      8 months ago

      Look at Boebert and Sarah Palin. Neither is a scholar, but both won office. If you use what you have to get what you want, you’re smart in my book. I wouldn’t want her as my lawyer, but she’ll probably end up a TV pundit with a six figure salary.

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        8 months ago

        I guess all toddlers are smart since they know how to manipulate parents into getting what they want all the time. And yet I’ve known a lot of toddlers and none of them seem especially smart.

        Also, I guess you must be one of those people who think Trump is the “very stable genius” he claims to be since he got to be one of the most powerful people on the planet.

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          8 months ago

          Those toddlers just need to be smarter than their parents to get what they want…