Alina Habba Swimsuit Pic Hopes To Make Up For ‘Not Knowing Rules Of Evidence’

Alina Habba’s making a real mess of Donald Trump’s defamation trial, much to the glee of very online attorneys everywhere. But while she, hopefully, uses the trial delay that she asked for to learn how mistrials work, Trump fans took to social media to brag about her legal prowess.

And by “legal prowess,” we mean this.

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This is Trump’s Lawyer
Eat your heart out Biden. pic.twitter.com/qP2fU2QUNY

— Mrs. S. (@hshLauraJ) January 21, 2024

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That’s Trump’s lawyer? Folks, I think Chris Kise had some work done.

Habba has infamously bragged that she’d rather be pretty than smart, and so far that strategy has worked out for her to the tune of around $1.5M in the first half of 2023 alone (and an additional million or so before that). Whether it keeps her from getting sanctioned is another matter.

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As for Biden eating his heart out, he should be more concerned that he will be turned completely inside out by Habba’s gravitational pull since she’s warping the very building behind her in this shot.

Or, you know, it’s horribly photoshopped.

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In any event, the story here isn’t the audition for the swimsuit issue of a magazine rapidly going out of business or even clumsy editing. It’s that there seems to be an audience out there for the proposition “more attractive lawyer wins.” Of all the stupid milestones along the decline and fall of the rule of law, this is… another one.

In the meantime, social media offered insightful analysis on the post:

Vitally important to win the swimsuit portion of legal proceedings. https://t.co/BohbeMo6iv

— Grand Admiral Nemo (@GrandAdmNemo) January 22, 2024

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Opening statements
Plaintiff's case
Swimsuit competition
Defendant's case
Summations https://t.co/bhsVLHma9h

— Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. (@clapifyoulikeme) January 22, 2024

“Hot and incompetent” is a weird flex but ok https://t.co/T1HpBVeLhl

— Melissa Stewart (@LissaJoStewart) January 23, 2024

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Everyone remembers how great of a litigator Atticus Finch was because of how much time Harper Lee devoted to describing his dynamite cans. https://t.co/GzUVooNikq

— Ve𝕏ed Populi (@_X_hausted) January 23, 2024

Perhaps you should congratulate President Biden for not needing a criminal attorney. https://t.co/rE9O2gRKdU

— Tom Colicchio (@tomcolicchio) January 23, 2024

Top Chef out here roasting her like it’s a Quickfire challenge.

Bob Bauer is set to lose the swimsuit portion of the contest I guess. https://t.co/5oU6sdX1rE

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 22, 2024

we need to talk about the unrealistic expectations people have for lawyers, it's so unfair to expect us to have a bikini body or know the rules of evidence https://t.co/Lc34fDbMjh

— Clint, Legal Daddy and Awful Morality Haver (@clintw) January 22, 2024

Though I guess there’s one shred of positive feedback.

I mean if you're intent on having a terrible lawyer I guess it's better to have to constantly look at this woman instead of this: https://t.co/ldPa53KR0J pic.twitter.com/dRupERxZ2u

— Bike Tyson (@biketys0n) January 23, 2024

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Topics

Alina Habba, Donald Trump, Government