MSNBC’s Katy Tur isn’t a big fan of Georgia prosecutor Adam Abbate who was panned for his courtroom performance as the lawyer defending embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
On Friday, an exasperated Tur asked if Abbate was the “best” that the county could do as leftists bemoaned the hearing to disqualify Willis in the racketeering case against GOP frontrunner Donald J. Trump after details of her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade were revealed.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution criticized Abbate’s “long pauses and halting answers as he at times struggled to answer questions from Judge Scott McAfee,” suggesting that Willis, who was in the courtroom, “seemed eager to step up to the podium and argue the matter herself.”
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During the left-wing cable network’s live coverage of the hearing, Tur and Melissa Redmon, who previously worked in the Fulton County prosecutor’s office, discussed Abbate’s closing arguments.
“I’m struck by… this lawyer is kind of hard to watch,” she said. “I mean, as a layman, he’s kind of hard to watch. Is this the best the DA’s team has to put up?”
In Abbate’s defense, Redmon said that he’s a “very good attorney,” and to her recollection, mainly handles murder cases.
“When you talk about these nuanced arguments, I don’t know if this is something he’s used to presenting,” she said.
“I would imagine that generally what happens is the whole team gets together, and they flesh out which the strongest points are, which cases should be cited, how the arguments should be presented,” Redmon added.
“I think as a trial attorney though, you have to be very disciplined and resist the temptation of going forward with your plan, highlighting the weaknesses of the defense’s argument,” she said. “As opposed to taking the bait from the defense and starting your argument off responding arguing to them, as opposed to enabling yourself to settle in, say what you were going to say and ‘then, by the way, Judge, what they said was wrong, let me tell you why.’”
X users also critiqued Abbate, and the reviews were brutal.
Incredibly painful
Abbate is just spewing word salad, he’s not making sense, he’s also just attacking witnesses left and right without a coherent theory of which testimony is believable and which isn’t https://t.co/PpknpgxoGr
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) March 1, 2024
Adam Abbate bro hurry up and sign the MSNBC contributor contract because this working in the DAs office thing is not working
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 1, 2024
Fulton County Attorney Adam Abbate:#FaniWillis pic.twitter.com/L9iSkpZ7Fz
— Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) March 1, 2024
The Fulton County DA’s office is doing a terrible job in its defense. The feminine man, Adam Abbate, appears to be nervous. He continues to rub his palms and is reaching.
— American Brown Chick (@Mrsmmtbeauty) March 1, 2024
Anyone else watching the trial from Georgia laughing at Adam Abbate?
This queen can barely speak. Was public speaking NOT part of his requirements to graduate law school?
A Xanax might have helped calm him down before making a complete fool of himself in front of the country. pic.twitter.com/oiEk6Cuwea— Thomas Cheddar (@tomcheddar72) March 1, 2024
If Willis actually wins this, after the slow-motion Hindenberg that was Adam Abbate’s closing argument, Fani has photos of the judge getting peed on by a dominatrix in a Big Bird suit.
— Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) March 1, 2024
The lawyer Adam Abbate in the Fani Willis case is probably the worst speaking lawyer I have ever witnessed. Unbelievable. How was he able to work in the DA office is beyond me. So embarrassing.
— Rhonda Shafer (@RhondaShafer65) March 1, 2024
The waiting now begins to see if Willis is actually disqualified but her case against Trump has already been damaged by her own poor judgment, and Abbate didn’t help.
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