E. Jean Carroll lawyer takes another swing at Trump, this time over NYC tolls

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The cases are very different, though, in large part because the Carroll lawsuits took aim at Trump as an individual, and concerned his personal conduct.
52% : "Robbie Kaplan is a generational powerhouse of the legal profession, she's won pathbreaking cases against Trump himself and the precursor to the MAGA movement, in the opposition to marriage equality," said Danny Pearlstein, a spokesperson for the Riders Alliance, a transit advocacy group that has been working to save congestion pricing in court.
51% : " The MTA's lawsuit quotes Trump's first inaugural address -- "we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the American people" -- to argue that the administration shouldn't be encroaching on state decisions, like establishing the tolls.
46% : During the second Carroll trial, for example, Kaplan and Carroll's other lawyers showed the jury social media messages Trump posted about Carroll while the trial took place, as well as clips from a press conference he held midway through the proceedings in which he referred to her "made-up story.
42% : And she's already beat Trump twice before.
39% : The MTA hired Kaplan long before Trump was reelected and she helped the transit agency beat back a series of legal challenges to the tolls even before they took effect in January.
38% : " That kind of language invites comparisons to Kaplan's most significant case, United States v. Windsor, in which the Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, a major win for same-sex marriages.
37% : Kaplan's success in those cases stemmed significantly from her ability to elicit damning and unflattering admissions from Trump during a videotaped deposition that was played for jurors in both trials.
35% : Trump continues to assert his innocence and contest the awards.
35% : Trump seemed to claim victory right away, posting on X an image of himself grinning and wearing a crown in front of the New York City skyline.
35% : It has touches of legal tactics that became a hallmark of Kaplan's battles with Trump in the Carroll cases, like throwing Trump's own words back at him.
34% : Perhaps no attorney bedeviled President Donald Trump in his many legal cases more than Kaplan, who was previously best known for winning the Supreme Court case forcing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage.
27% : The White House and DOT did not respond to a request for comment, but on Wednesday Trump said "congestion pricing is not a good situation, they're treating the people of New York very badly." The sheer length of the brief shows the MTA had much of it ready to file.
24% : New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has framed the legal fight with Trump in Revolutionary War terms and compared the president to King George III trying to impose his will on the American colonies.
23% : Kaplan has been representing the MTA since 2023, when the transit agency brought her aboard to defend it against obstacles having nothing to do with Trump, including New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's attempts to block the tolls in federal court.
21% : During the deposition, Trump grew agitated, at times crossing his arms over his chest while Kaplan questioned him.
20% : When she asked about several other women who have accused him of sexual assault, women Trump has characterized as not being his "type," Trump told Kaplan herself that "you wouldn't be a choice of mine, either, to be honest.
12% : Hochul has famed the new MTA lawsuit against Trump in much more dramatic terms, especially after Trump announced his plans to kill congestion pricing with a social media post that ended "LONG LIVE THE KING!

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