"Dear Judge Kaplan: Just Kidding! ❤️ Alina!"

Update

Trump's lawyer Alina Habba says, in short, that she was just asking questions about the New York Post article.

After Carroll's lawyer rejected it—and threatened to seek sanctions—Habba says the matter seems "resolved."

Background, @TheMessenger https://t.co/GnAJ79DAWp pic.twitter.com/ti9lgG5SJl

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 30, 2024

And just in case that letter isn't entirely legible:

She writes, "There are, however, various other issues relating to the Court’s conduct, including potential bias hostility towards defense counsel, that will be raised in post-trial motions and on appeal." Can't wait. 4/

— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) January 30, 2024

"Post-trial motions" can only mean a motion for new trial, which doesn't preserve error, it just creates the bridge between the trial and an appeal. I'm not letting go of the option that she failed to preserve any reversible error for appeal during the trial.  "Potential bias hostility towards defense counsel" is going to be an interesting issue, since Kaplan bent over backwards to help Habba try to get evidence admitted into the record when she clearly didn't know how to do it.  As NTodd noted: "Does ‘I don't like to be spoken to that way’ qualify as reversible error? lol"  The question answers itself.

Habba had better hope Trump can't come up with that bond money, because he's gonna be mighty pissed if he can't appeal at all.

(Yeah, the threat of Rule 11 sanctions scared her shitless.  She'd be responsible for those, not Daddy Warbucks.)

(And yes, she sent that letter less than two hours after Kaplan’s letter.)