Moving Melania's lawsuit to NY may not have been the smartest thing this billionaire attorney did.

[nikibatts]

Especially if it is a trial by jury. Just my thinking but more people in NY hate 45. See Rachel tonight and her coverage of the Gawker suit. There is always another attorney out there to outsmart the smartest. AND juries don't have to listen to anyone...they are really unpredictable.

[Dustlawyer]

1. While I don't like any media lying about someone, I don't like the rich being able to buy justice

in this manner.

Part of me is pulling for Melania to get some money because I think she wants to use it to escape the Trumpster!

[Me.]

2. Let's See

They're costing us millions, jamming up the streets, bringing shame upon the city...no I wouldn't move the lawsuit here. If the lawyer is counting on NY solidarity with Melania it is a bigly miscalculation.

[HoneyBadger]

3. I was just on a criminal jury in NYC that went to verdict

We talked about a lot of things, but one in particular was how rare it was for a civil trial to go to verdict. They are almost always settled.

My cynical takeaway was that the prosecuter lost due to inexperience, it had little to do with innocence. If you told me that this was her first case and it was the defense's thousandth, everyone on the jury would have said, yep, especially since the prosecuter has the harder job. Money for good lawyers goes as long way.