"Trump attorney says New York attorney general is 'just not that bright'"

[NCIndie]

Quite the dog whistle moment for MAGA nation:

Trump attorney says New York attorney general is ‘just not that bright’

Former President Trump’s attorney Alina Habba went after New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, saying she’s “just not that bright.”

James is leading the ongoing civil trial against Trump alleging that he and his adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent years committing business fraud by inflating and deflating the value of their company’s assets.

Habba, in a Newsmax interview on Monday, said James doesn’t have a good case. However, Judge Arthur Engoron already ruled that the fraud occurred, and the ongoing trial is set to determine damages.

“She’s just not that bright. I’m sorry, I have to say it,” Habba said. “I’ve seen their case, I’ve seen their lawyers. They don’t know what they’re talking about.”

(From The Hill through Yahoo)https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-attorney-says-york-attorney-130727984.html

Interesting choice to include the judge in that screed.

One could get the impression that Trump et al. have conceded the case and, as with the lost election, are turning to their fanatics.

[Lovie777]

1. Look whose talking....................

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Yeah, Freudian projection on steroids

[liberal N proud]

2. Says an attorney who is working for nothing

The lawyer can’t be too bright if he thinks trump will pay him.

[RainCaster]

7. He got his $1000 retainer fee!

What more could he need?

[liberal N proud]

43. Lol

[Ocelot II]

4. Says the lawyer whose specialty was parking garage leasing

until she joined TFG's Bedminster club and flaunted her cleavage in order to get herself hired by Himself, whereupon she managed to get herself fined almost a million bucks for filing a frivolous lawsuit on his behalf against Hillary Clinton. Referring to Letitia James as "not that bright" is, of course, not only projection but a racist dog-whistle. But James is the NY AG and she's not. We'll see who gets the last laugh, and I don't think it will be any of TFG's third-string lawyers, who will be lucky to keep their licenses when this is all over.

[NCIndie]

8. Indeed. The overtones of the comment were unmistakable.

Her comment clearly isn't a legal argument (duh) or intended to somehow garner sympathy.

It's incredible the legal minds that Trump attracts.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. 🗣️Alexa play "Cry Me A River"

Link to tweet

[NCIndie]

10. Good lord. That is a campaign style steam release.

"I don't tolerate that in my life, and you shouldn't either." What? Is that a call to arms?

(The squalling baby in the background was apt)

[bedazzled]

29. What exactly does she intend to do about it?

Inquiring minds want to know

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. She thinks she's going to be paid. 🤣

Link to tweet

[keithbvadu2]

6. When Dotard denigrated Rex Tillerson's intelligence, MENSA offered to monitor an IQ test for him.

Donald was at least smart enough to not take them up on it.

[TwilightZone]

11. He's not as dumb as he acts.

Trump changed personalities overnight when he decided to run for president as a Republican, because he knew dumbing down would sell. And he was right.

I'm not saying he's a genius, but his public persona shouldn't be taken as a measure of his intelligence. It's an act.

[NCIndie]

13. His verbal missteps are usually a matter of laziness, not stupidity.

But, you have to admit that some of his comments are meant to be taken seriously and indicate some questionable mental prowess. Injecting bleach to fend off Covid? It's a long list...

[dpibel]

22. "Successful Businessman" was an act

The Donald Trump of "The Apprentice" was a construct. Read up on the reverse engingeering the producers did to make sense of Trump's dumbassery.

The dipshit who went bankrupt multiple times is the real deal.

Echoing the reported opinion of former US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, Lebowitz thinks the biggest danger of Trump is that he is a moron. “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

23. Oh, no, he really is stupid

He knows how to prey on people, but he's stupid about that even. Even mafiosi who didn't get past primary school knew how not to bankrupt a casino, after all. Those dudes were proof that people could be smart, despite their lack of education.

This prat is educated stupid. If he were as smart as he claimed, he'd release his own college transcripts before demanding it of others. Yet, somehow, he refuses to provide that kind of evidence about his claims to be smart.

I mean, we already know his marketing professor at Penn considered that box o'rocks the dumbest student he ever had. And we know the nitwit lied about graduating at the top of his class at Penn (the commencement programme doesn't even list him as any kind of noteworthy student). And his niece has alleged he had someone else take his uni entrance exams.

Those are not signs of a bright guy. Clever in the way of a reptile after prey, maybe, but not smart.

Big difference.

[Lonestarblue]

24. I don't think he's unintelligent, I think he's ignorant.

He most likely paid someone to take his college exams for him, and we all saw his lack of knowledge about the US when he didn’t know that Puerto Rico is part of the US. I remember a few comments from world leaders that he had no grasp of world history or current issues. What Trump has is a savvy ability to manipulate people, including the media. How else to explain why so many lawyers agree to work for him when he doesn’t pay them unless they get the money up front. And how else to explain his ability to convince his cult that he is their savior when all he does is lie.

[Mr.Bill]

30. I think he has the mind

of a five year old child.

[Caliman73]

31. He isn't really that bright. He is a very good con, which takes a measure of intelligence.

He is however, ignorant and incurious. He thinks that he knows more than others which makes him not want to learn anything new.

He is failing now because while he may have changed the outward persona, he has not changed his strategies. He thought he could use the same tactics that he used to scam and cheat people in New York and New Jersey to go against the State and Federal Governments and he is finding out that there is a limit.

Because he is limited, he doesn't have any other options. If he was a gamer, he'd essentially be spamming the buttons to try to score a lucky hit right now.

[NCIndie]

12. Most of us would prefer to take a MENSA test in the privacy of our own homes.

You know, just in case we aren't genuises.

[disablegamer]

9. how much trump pay to

Say that

[NCIndie]

19. How much did he promise?

Chances are she doesn't get paid at all. Ask Rudy about that.

[bluestarone]

14. Compare these two. Letitia James is as bright as the SUN compared

To the FLICKER flame of HABBA'S brain!

[NCIndie]

17. Seriously. Habba is Donald's answer to Junior's Kimberly Guilfoyle.

A loud noise in women's clothing.

[LuckyCharms]

15. HA!

Habba is working for a client that has already lost his case, and is getting ready for a financial barbed-wire enema.

[NCIndie]

16. Excellent point. Too often, the buzz infers that he might be vindicated.

The reality is, as you say, how bad is this going to be? I have heard figures of $250 million, which wouldn't be crippling if he is truly worth $8 billion. He actions and the financial reality suggest that this is really going to sting.

[tblue37]

27. He doesn't have the cash. He'll have to sell off assets to come up with the money to

pay the fine.

[NCIndie]

42. According to Trump's numbers...

He'll be able to sell off Mar-a-Lago and still have a sweet billion in petty cash.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

39. I hope he's fined

?1534396457

[gratuitous]

38. The fact that the defendant has already been found liable gets lost so easily

For someone who's not too bright in Ms. Habba's estimation, she already won the case; this portion of the trial is about how much it's going to cost the defendant. Meanwhile, Ms. Habba, her co-counsel, and her client are all doing their level best to piss off the person who's going to decide the amount of damages. How bright is that?

[Windicator]

18. It's over Habba. The only question is how much the FRAUD will cost the FRAUDSTER

The more insults you republican fraudsters fling,
the steeper the just penalty that will be exacted.

You might want to reconsider your stupid strategy.

I'm just sayin...

[NCIndie]

20. Trump's concept of damage control is different from normal people.

If he can leverage this trial and it's outcome into more civil unrest, he will be happy.

[Caliman73]

33. He is running. Trying to outrun the consequences.

Trump is not a religious person, despite his acting as such to fool the idiot evangelicals. His concern is what is in his mind at the present time. He wants to die thinking that he is a "legend" and "the greatest". I personally, from observing him, think that when he has not distractions, when he is alone and all is quiet, I think that he knows that he is not good enough, not smart enough, and basically a POS. His desire to deny that, to run from it, to stave off the humiliation of everyone else knowing it and seeing it, is what drives him.

He is running from humiliation. He is running from ignominy. If he gets to his grave unconvicted, with some money and assets intact, he may think that he "won". His legacy however, and possibly the lives of his children, will be significantly affected by his actions. I don't think he really cares about that though.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

21. Well, unlike you, traitor trash,

Ms James is smart enough not to rack up tens of thousands of dollars in sanctions for filing a lawsuit that was not only frivolous but also full of lies in pursuit of a political--not judicial--agenda.

So there's that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Habba delivers chewing gum to the base. . . . . nt

[ificandream]

26. I'd say the "not so bright" are the lawyers who can't seem to understand the judge has already ruled against them

All this scowling and the attacks by the Orange Elephant aren't helping your case, dime-store lawyers. You've already lost. Tell your client to STFU. It might help him, you stupid nimrods.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Um....

Speaking of not too bright, Ms. Gabbana, the "weak case" has already been decided.
You & your client are in the damages phase. You've already lost!
I can't imagine many things less bright than arguing the weakness of a case already lost. How weak could the case be?

[twodogsbarking]

32. She is pushing their buttons.

She is also very smart. They are fuckkkkkkkked.

[Stinky The Clown]

34. Is this the same Alina Habba who FORGOT TO ASK FOR A JURY TRIAL?

Too busy making herself look like a TrumpGirl for two hours of hair and makeup?

[ZonkerHarris]

35. Says the lawyer that already lost the case she's talking about. This part is just about damages. Loser

[Golden Raisin]

36. Methinks a major case of 1-800-PROJECTION.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. View Hosts Brutally Mock Trump Attorney For Courthouse Rant Outside Fraud Trial

Link to tweet

[Jarqui]

41. This so-called "not bright" Attorney General

put a $250 mil civil claim against the Teflon Don

AG James' claim was so solid, Alina Habba could not muster a response to contest AG James statement of claim. The judge ruled Trump et al. committed fraud. That is how good of a job AG James legal work was. She's arguably the first one in the legal profession to really nail Trump on something of substance (Trump university students got Trump for $25 mil). Letitia James kicked Alina Habba's butt.

Previously, Letitia James shuttered Trump's bogus charity and nailed him for $2 mil.

Now, the bickering in the court in this case is over figuring out how much Trump owes for this fraudulent behavior. $250 mil is probably on the low side according to a number of opinions.

I strong suspect, when the verdict comes down, Alina Habba is going to be the one not looking so bright.

[tavernier]

44. Throwing rotted meat to the Maggots.

They love to be told that black women are beneath them. A successful brilliant black woman must be put in her place.