The primary argument former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba is leaning on to minimize damages her former client in his defamation trial is unlikely to yield results, according to a prominent legal expert. In a thread posted to X (formerly Twitter), attorney and MSNBC contributor Lisa Rubin pointed out that Habba’s attempts to suggest writer E. Jean Carroll is better off today than she was when Trump defamed her don’t water when examining the facts closely. Rubin acknowledged that while Carroll makes more money today from her Substack newsletter than she did as an Elle columnist a…