Alina Habba accused of 'threatening the justices of the Supreme Court' with pro-Trump plea
David McAfee
January 4, 2024 11:47PM ET
Legal experts and political onlookers alike are sounding the alarm after Trump lawyer Alina Habba appeared to lean on the Supreme Court in terms of how it will rule for her boss.
Habba, who earlier in the day made news for saying she would rather be pretty than smart, appeared on Fox News where she said she felt confident the Supreme Court would hand the former president a victory. Specifically, her reasoning was that Trump had defended certain conservative justices.
"I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court. I have faith in them," she said. "You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place. He'll step up."
The attorney then added:
"Not because they're pro-Trump, but because they're pro-law, because they're pro-fairness. And the law on this is very clear."
Legal analyst and MSNBC host Katie Phang had this to say:
"Alina Habba saying the quid pro quo part out loud here."
New Turtle wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:57 pm
He knows its not an actual dome. As POTUS or even POTUS-elect, they would have showed him early on how it works.
Perhaps someone did, but he wouldn't have understood the explanation. All he probably heard was "dome".
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:48 pm
by neonzx
Maybe he watched the series "Under the Dome", and got confused with a Stephen King novel?
Habba, who earlier in the day made news for saying she would rather be pretty than smart,
She nailed it.
I saw that. Her rationale was that she could fake being smart.
No. No she can't.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:22 pm
by raison de arizona
But for Covid, the national debt would be well on its way to being paid off. Apparently.
Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski wrote:
Trump says he was about to sell massive amounts of oil and gas to Europe and use the money to pay off the national debt but he wasn’t able to because of covid.
I'm old enough to remember when tfg decried Biden selling off some US reserves, which ultimately resulted in Biden filling back up at much lower prices.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:32 pm
by Resume18
SmellyTrump wrote:Trump says he was about to sell massive amounts of oil and gas to Europe and use the money to pay off the national debt but he wasn’t able to because of covid.
In two weeks.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:35 pm
by neonzx
Sounds reasonable.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:51 pm
by keith
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:15 pm
This is what I thought about when he started talking about the dome.
Under the Dome is a 2009 science fiction novel by American author Stephen King.
Which was 100% plagarized from the 1966 film The Bubble - a film so bad (indeed my nomination for the worst film ever made) that the owners released it a second time (maybe a third?) under another name to trick audiences into thinking it was a different film and go see it again.
ETA: ninjad by Suranis
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:07 pm
by raison de arizona
On immunity.
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trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:16 pm
by AndyinPA
Yeah, like it's so horrible how many times that has happened in the past.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:19 pm
by Ben-Prime
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:16 pm
Yeah, like it's so horrible how many times that has happened in the past.
I remember that time that that Obama's Justice Department brought W up on charges and threatened him with the death penalty.
Oh, wait, no I don't.
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:12 pm
by p0rtia
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:16 pm
Yeah, like it's so horrible how many times that has happened in the past.
To me the basis for this is TFG's unquestioned assumption that everybody commits crimes all the time. It crops up all the time, but his jaw-dropping statement that if POTUS could be criminally prosecuted for crimes committed in office, then all POTI would be criminally prosecuted (and therefore unable to do their jobs out of fear).
Acyn @Acyn
Habba: The fact that there is so much footage of me sitting in court next to the president is so sad and such a demise of the American Justice system
11:30 PM · Jan 9, 2024
Maybe you ought to have convinced your client to follow the law in the years of his term
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:59 am
by RTH10260
re John McCain, once again
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:45 pm
by raison de arizona
quite a list!
Acyn @Acyn wrote:
Abby Philip runs through a list of Trump’s various defenses
Was that before or after Springfield got stuck under a dome in The Simpsons?
quite a list!