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Carroll's lawyer R Kaplan and the Manhattan Fedral Judge L Kaplan are related.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:04 pm
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Trump lawyer Alina Habba said she was unaware Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan worked together in the early 1990s at the same powerhouse white-shoe law firm until Saturday, when asked about it by Post columnist Charles Gasparino, who was told by a source that the judge was once Roberta Kaplan’s “mentor.
“It was never disclosed. It’s insane and so incestuous,” Habba said, insisting neither the 79-year-old judge nor Roberta Kaplan, 57, who aren’t related, disclosed the “conflict of interest” and a violation of judicial ethics rules.
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:05 pm to pecxs
Doesn’t matter, OMB!!
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:09 pm to pecxs
This is a serious issue. The judge should have disclosed this personal and professional relationship. Habba is going to have a buffet of issues for appeal.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:10 pm to pecxs
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Carroll's lawyer R Kaplan and the Manhattan Fedral Judge L Kaplan are related.
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“It was never disclosed. It’s insane and so incestuous,” Habba said, insisting neither the 79-year-old judge nor Roberta Kaplan, 57, who aren’t related, disclosed the “conflict of interest”
Ummmm.....
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:15 pm to pecxs
I’ve called it what it is from the beginning…politically persecution.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:17 pm to pecxs
So nobody thought to check out Kaplan and Kaplan when the damn trial started?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:18 pm to pecxs
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Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan worked together in the early 1990s at the same powerhouse white-shoe law firm until Saturday, when asked about it by Post columnist Charles Gasparino, who was told by a source that the judge was once Roberta Kaplan’s “mentor.
Is this not an issue?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:19 pm to MemphisGuy
Personal and undisclosed friendships can be a basis for disqualification. A judge may have to recuse even where there isn’t an immediate family member in the case. I’m not sure if this relationship would have required recusal. But the problem here is that the judge failed to disclose. If the information had been disclosed, Trump could have filed a recusal motion. This is a big deal, in my view.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:19 pm to GCTigahs
Title is wrong. They aren't related, they worked together and one was the others mentor.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:37 pm to pecxs
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Carroll's lawyer R Kaplan and the Manhattan Fedral Judge L Kaplan are related.
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the 79-year-old judge nor Roberta Kaplan, 57, who aren’t related
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:38 pm to TDTOM
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Is this not an issue?
If it was 30-ish years ago, unlikely.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
As a matter of course, the judge should have disclosed that he worked in private practice with plaintiff’s counsel. Any judge worth his salt would do this. I know federal and state judges who routinely recuse sua sponte from cases involving former law partners.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 9:01 pm to pecxs
Look at the judge in Georgia having worked in Fani Willis' office.
This stuff is crazy.
This stuff is crazy.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 9:19 pm to pecxs
Not sure your article matches your title. Enough to hate about the trial without twisting facts. Not related but close ties.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 9:34 pm to Marshhen
I bet if they do a 23 and me they are related . 
Posted on 1/27/24 at 9:52 pm to Riverside
Not only worked with her, but was her mentor. That takes on a more personal tone having worked so closely.
It deserved to be known prior to trial. I think this gets overturned by other measures however.
It deserved to be known prior to trial. I think this gets overturned by other measures however.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 10:08 pm to pecxs
Change your title, sport.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 10:27 pm to pecxs
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Manhattan federal Judge
This was federal?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 11:16 pm to pecxs
she 1000% knew and wanted the issue for appeal. for a regular joe this likely wouldn't warrant recusal but would warrant disclosure. For a president, it warrants both. Great strategy honestly
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 1/27/24 at 11:18 pm to Riverside
exactly -- a quick call up to the bench and then putting it on the record at the very least -- i still think she knew. how you wouldn't is almost malpractice for not doing your research on the opposing counsel and judge
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 11:19 pm
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