Alina Habba
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 40 |
Date of birth | March 25,1984 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Summit |
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United States | |
Education | Widener University Commonwealth Law School |
Kent Place School | |
Lehigh University | |
Nationality | American |
Children | 2 |
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ID | 3987176 |
Alina Habba Life story
Alina Habba is an American lawyer and Managing Partner of Habba Madaio & Associates LLP, a legal firm based in Bedminster, New Jersey and offices in New York, New York. She represents former President of the United States, Donald Trump. She is also a Senior Advisor for MAGA, Inc.
Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case
... Speaking to reporters after Mr Trump testified, his attorney Alina Habba said he had " built a great company, it s worth a ton more than that statement of financial condition...
Donald Trump testifies: Sparks fly as ex-president takes stand in New York civil fraud case
... Judge Engoron s voice rose as he told another defence attorney, Alina Habba: " No, I m not here to hear what he has to say...
Donald Trump's sons defiant in New York fraud trial, try to shift blame to accountants
... " The Trumps female attorney, Alina Habba, told the judge she did not believe Mr Kise to be misogynistic and said prosecutors needed to " move on" from their line of questioning...
Fireworks in court as Trump team calls ex-lawyer Michael Cohen a liar
... Through a steady staccato of questions, attorney Alina Habba sought to undermine Mr Cohen s credibility and question his motivations...
'Heck of a reunion': Donald Trump silent as Michael Cohen dishes dirt
... Alina Habba began by making Mr Cohen read out his guilty pleas from 2018 one by one...
Defiant Trump turns up at $250m fraud trial to blast 'scam'
... Alina Habba said Ms James goal as attorney general was to " go to work, get Trump and go home"...
Fireworks in court as Trump team calls ex-lawyer Michael Cohen a liar
By Kayla Epstein & Chloe Kimfrom the New York courtroom
On his second day of testimony, fireworks erupted between Donald Trump 's former personal attorney, Michel Cohen, and his current legal defence team in a high-stakes fraud trial.
The heated day featured multiple procedural skirmishes between the defence attorneys, prosecutors, and Judge Arthur Engoron, culminating in a $10,000 (£8,250) fine against Mr Trump for violating a gag order against speaking or posting about court staff.
Earlier in The Day , Mr Trump had told reporters that Mr Engoron was a " very partisan judge, with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is". His comments followed a previous Social Media attack against The Judge 's clerk earlier this month, which had led to the gag order and a fine.
In a dramatic moment shortly after 2 PM, The Judge forced Mr Trump to briefly take The Stand to settle The Matter .
When questioned on The Stand , Mr Trump told The Judge he was referring to " You and Cohen" not The Judge and his clerk.
Yet Judge Engoron found his explanation " not credible, " and fined him $10,000 for a repeated violation of the gag order.
" I Am very protective of my staff as I believe I should be, " Judge Engoron had said earlier in The Day , citing the " heated environment" around the case. " I don't want anybody to get killed. "
It was the capstone of a long and rocky day In Court starring Mr Trump 's former personal counsel.
Mr Cohen is a Key Witness in a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James , which alleges that The Trump Organization and its top figures fraudulently inflated the value of its assets to secure more favourable loans.
Judge Engoron has already ruled the organisation committed fraud, and the current trial is focused on additional charges. There is no jury, and an unfavourable ruling could put Mr Trump 's New York Real Estate empire in peril.
On Wednesday, Mr Trump 's team was clearly taking the offensive.
Through a steady staccato of questions, attorney Alina Habba sought to undermine Mr Cohen's credibility and question his motivations.
" You have made a career out of publicly attacking President Trump haven't you? " She Said in one instance.
Mr Cohen admitted he had.
" The more outrageous your stories are about President Trump , the more money you make? " she asked later.
Mr Cohen responded " no".
At one point, he grew frustrated with Ms Habba's questions. " I answered every question that you want, why are you screaming at me? " he blurted.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump , not typically one for verbal restraint, sat quietly and let his lawyers do the fighting for him.
Once Mr Trump 's trusted personal lawyer, Mr Cohen went to great, and at some points illegal, ends to obtain a favourable outcome for him.
His association with Mr Trump drew him into legal peril in 2018, when he pleaded guilty to charges of Tax Evasion , lying to a bank, and Campaign Finance violations. He spent just over a year behind bars and has since become one of Mr Trump 's fiercest critics.
Now he is a star witness in not one but two cases against Mr Trump - this investigation into his businesses, and another investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney into Hush Money payments made to an adult film star with whom Mr Trump allegedly had affair. Mr Trump denies wrongdoing in both cases, as well as The Affair .
This Week is the First Time the two have met face to face in years.
During his testimony, Mr Cohen told prosecutors that Mr Trump had personally directed him and the convicted ex-chief financial officer of The Company to " arbitrarily" inflate the value of assets in order to reach a desired number.
But during cross-examination, Mr Trump 's defence lawyers sought to undermine his character by accusing Mr Cohen of perjury.
On Tuesday, Mr Cohen had said he was not being truthful when he plead guilty to charges of Tax Evasion in a separate 2018 case; he did not believe he had committed that crime.
Then on Wednesday, Mr Trumps' lead attorney, Chris Kise, declared that Mr Cohen " admitted Here Today in Open Court that he lied".
Prosecutor Colleen Faherty interjected, and asked for respect without this " showmanship".
Mr Kise responded that " there is nothing wrong with calling a liar, a liar".
Eventually Judge Engoron asked them to move on.
Toward The End of The Day , another of Mr Trump 's attorneys made a Hail Mary request to The Judge to end The Trial , citing the credibility of Mr Cohen's testimony.
" Absolutely denied, " Judge Engoron said. " No way, no how. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com