The Chaos in Trump's New York Civil Trial Portends Bad News for Jack Smith

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Jurisprudence

The Chaos in Trump’s New York Civil Trial Portends Bad News for Jack Smith

BY ROBERT KATZBERG
JAN 12, 2024 12:39 PM

As with all things in Trump world, just when you think there is no lower behavioral place to go, new depth-defying plunges occur. Thursday’s defense summations in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case against Donald Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization is just the most recent example.

While this latest plunge only further assures an extremely negative result for Trump’s finances, going forward, it portends a unique and especially serious problem for holding the former president accountable for his criminal conduct in the 2020 D.C. election interference trial.

I have not been shy in calling out Trump’s New York legal team for tactics that are as patently unprofessional as they are self-defeating—including making baseless claims about the supposed political nature of the proceedings and personally attacking the prosecutor, the judge, and his law clerk. So, counsel’s similar rants in Thursday’s summations were nothing new, although, as a courtroom veteran for more than four decades, the strikingly incompetent Alina Habba’s attack on her adversary counsel for drinking Starbucks in court was a real standout. Beyond its complete irrelevance, was it an amazingly hypocritical complaint about courtroom decorum or is Habba an avid Dunkin’ fan?

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[PJMcK]

1. I'm not too worried about Jack Smith

He and his team are more than a match for Trump’s garage business lawyers. Besides, Smith has the goods on Trump.

[fierywoman]

2. Jack Smith is a handsome man and he doesn't have to "fake" being smart -- he IS smart.

[brush]

3. Huh? How does that silliness portend bad news for SC Smith?

Explain pls.

[captain queeg]

4. Ditto

[enough]

5. The article explains

[TwilightZone]

6. "This is bad for Dems" is a Slate standard go-to

When one already knows what conclusion one wants to make, one can adjust the "facts" accordingly.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. Yeah, i don't buy this. I don't think a jury is going to put much stock in Trump's ridiculousness