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An
analyst
on
MSNBC
compared
Donald
Trump’s
behavior
in
his
defamation
case
to
Kanye
West’s
lashing
out
against
Taylor
Swift.
On
Thursday
afternoon
(January
18),
the
court
was
dismissed
for
the
third
day
of
the
defamation
trial
brought
by
writer
E.
Jean
Carroll
against
former
President
Donald
Trump.
The
day
saw
Carroll
take
the
stand
and
detail
exactly
how
Trump
has
consistently
attacked
her
character
after
she
sued
him
for
sexual
assault.
The
treatment
that
she
received
at
the
hands
of
Trump
and
his
legal
team
struck
a
familiar
chord
with
MSNBC
legal
analyst
Lisa
Rubin.
Rubin
began
by
writing
in
a
post
on
X,
formerly
Twitter
that
“today’s
theme
—
other
than
Judge
Lew
Kaplan’s
increasingly
acerbic
handling
of
objections
—
owes
more
to
Kanye
than
T.
Swift,
to
this
Swiftie’s
chagrin.”
The
lawyer
elaborated
on
her
theory
in
subsequent
tweets
based
on
the
cross-examination
of
Northwestern
University
professor
Ashlee
Humphreys
by
Trump
lawyer
Michael
Maddio.
Maddio
argued
that
Carroll
asking
for
$10
million
in
damages
(supported
by
Humphreys’
analysis
as
a
damages
expert)
should
be
tossed
out
since
she
made
more
money
after
Trump
defamed
her.
“And
that’s
when
I
realized:
Their
defense
is
straight
out
of
Ye’s
‘Famous,’
in
which
he
boasts
he
made
‘that
b–ch,’
aka
today’s
Time
Person
of
the
Year,
well,
famous,”
Rubin
wrote
in
the
thread.
“And
just
like
Kanye’s
jumping
on
the
MTV
Music
Awards
stage
is
hardly
what
made
Taylor
famous,
nor
can
Trump
credibly
claim
responsibility
for
Carroll’s
success
in
life.
She
was
76
when
she
came
forward
with
her
story
of
having
been
sexually
assaulted
by
him
in
the
‘90s.”
Rubin
then
further
dismantled
the
argument,
claiming
that
the
“I
own
your
success
&
you’re
to
blame
for
your
injuries”
defense
that
Trump
is
trying
to
put
forth
is
paltry.
Trump
was
not
present
in
court,
having
been
granted
permission
to
attend
the
funeral
of
his
mother-in-law.
The
former
president
has
made
it
a
point
to
be
irascible
while
he
was
in
court,
at
one
point
entering
into
a
back-and-forth
with
Judge
Kaplan.
The
exchange
prompted
Trump
to
call
him
a
“nasty
man”
and
a
“Trump-hating
guy”
after
leaving
the
courtroom.
