# The Alina Habba Pit thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965 "2024-01-11T17:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 134
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/134 "2024-01-20T13:43:44Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And following on from this, at first glance I thought this was another story about Habba’s antics, but it’s actually a later story about Trump himself doing exactly the same thing, getting warned by the judge, nearly getting himself ejected from the courtroom, and is lucky he didn’t get charged with contempt. > > The jury by now must totally love this guy, and his lawyer, almost as much as the judge does! 😆 And all of that is utterly irrelevant. Quoting myself from the actual court case thread: > [@Civil Trial: Trump v E. Jean Carroll (Carroll wins, awarded $5 million)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-trial-trump-v-e-jean-carroll-carroll-wins-awarded-5-million/982820/518): > > If you think about it, a lawyer is often the literal mouthpeice of the person who hired them. There’s a reason that nickname is part of US mob slang. She is putting on exactly the act trump wants. This is not a trial in their minds. This is an opportunity to manufacture a record of them being treated badly, with all the “deservedly” parts edited out. The goal is not to win the case, or to please the judge or jury or create a record for appeal, or anything else conventional. The only goal her… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965)._