President Trump’s former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Wednesday that former President Trump’s lawyer Alina Haba is a “loser” following last week’s outcome of a defamation lawsuit filed by author E. Jean Carroll. said.
“She lost, so she’s a loser. I’m not surprised that Mr. Trump is looking for an appellate attorney,” Cobb said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett Outfront.”
His comments came nearly a week after Carroll won an $83.3 million verdict in a defamation lawsuit against Trump, a previous defamation case in which the former president admitted responsibility for sexual assault. That would be in addition to the $5 million in damages Trump owed her in the lawsuit.
Trump, who has repeatedly denied assault, vowed to appeal the ruling and said on Tuesday that he was “in the process” of meeting with multiple law firms to represent him; This is not unusual.
Mr. Haba also represented Mr. Trump in another civil fraud case in New York, but often found himself at odds with U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Carroll case.
He reprimanded her for making an “inappropriate” comment at one point, reprimanded her for her handling of evidence, and threatened to jail her after she interrupted him to record her discussion of a slide presentation. There was even.
Mr. Haba also made contradictory claims against Mr. Kaplan that he had a “mentor” relationship with Mr. Carroll’s lead attorney, but quickly dropped the matter after being challenged.
Mr. Iacob was asked Wednesday to respond to Mr. Haba’s comments on his podcast about his experience working with Mr. Trump.
“Winning always helps. He, of course, doesn’t want the team to represent players who keep failing,” Haba said in the clip. “Loyalty. That’s what he always talks about, not some mafia nonsense.”
Asked how he thought Haba handled the case, Cobb said, “I think she handled it in a Mafia style.”
“She fulfilled his orders. She articulated his political narrative about harm and injustice in the justice system and made some outlandish claims, including claims of conflict,” he said. Stated.
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