I think that Trump’s lawyer deserves her own thread. A mod note in the P&E thread dedicated to her suggested taking some of the discussion to the Pit, following a comment from @I_Love_Me_Vol.I about coming up with a mocking nickname for her.
I’ll also repeat what I had said over in the P&E thread about how she got to be Trump’s lawyer.
She targeted a Trump employee who had been a victim of sexual assault by her manager (not Trump himself) and pretended to be the employee’s friend, offering to take care of her. Then she got that person to sign away her ability to go after her attacker or Trump’s business. This was all in a scheme to impress Trump and it worked.
Here’s a very thorough and entertaining Legal Eagle video about it.
Anyway, feel free to comment about Habba here without having to worry about rules like decorum or keeping on topic (while still keeping in mind that even in the Pit misogyny isn’t likely to be well-received, and really just don’t do it at all anywhere people).
I will admit that staying away from gross misogyny is going to be a challenge, because so much of this story seems to cry out for some kind of slut-shaming.
But Alina Habba is stream of incompetence that runs deep and not at all silently, so I figure there’s still plenty to comment on.
No need to lower myself when to that level, because there is so much pit-worthy regardless of gender.
You can fake being smart for a short period of time. When it comes to a long con, especially when you’re in the public eye, it’s much more difficult to pull off faking smarts.
I think most people are still waiting for any evidence of her faking it for even that short period of time. I wouldn’t even call her method to gain TFG’s attention to be smart, even of the evil variety. At best I’d call it opportunistic and incredibly short-sighted as it has blown up in her face.
